Imperishable auspicious day — new beginnings, charity and gold purchase
Observed with: Gold/silver purchases · Charity · Pitru tarpan
- అమావాస్య
- 05:58 – 00:26 ↗
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 00:27 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 05:58 – 17:22
- అశ్విని
- 17:23 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 05:58 – 11:11
- విష్కంభ
- 11:12 – 05:57 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- చతుష్పాద
- 05:58 – 14:00
- నాగ
- 14:01 – 05:57 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 05:58 – 17:22
- మేషం
- 17:23 – 05:57 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- చైత్రం · అమావాస్య
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- వైశాఖం · అమావాస్య
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 →