Festival of colors — celebrated on Krishna Pratipada, day after Holika Dahan
Observed with: Gulal (dry color) · Pichkari (water guns) · Bhang · Community celebrations
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 06:22 – 23:31
- కృష్ణ విదియ
- 23:32 – 06:22 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తర
- 06:22 – 14:00
- హస్త
- 14:01 – 06:22 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 06:22 – 15:17
- వృద్ధి
- 15:18 – 06:22 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:22 – 11:08
- కౌలవ
- 11:09 – 23:31
- తైతిల
- 23:32 – 06:22 ↗
Half a tithi. Eleven karanas rotate through the month; Vishti (Bhadra) is the one commonly avoided.
The weekday, reckoned sunrise to sunrise rather than midnight to midnight.
- కన్య
- 06:22 – 06:22 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఫాల్గుణం · కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- చైత్రం · కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
Same day. The month name differs because a purnimanta month ends at the full moon and an amanta month ends at the new moon — so every Krishna-paksha day carries the next month’s name in the North. The tithi, the nakshatra and every timing on this page are identical. Why this happens →