Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- అమావాస్య
- 05:45 – 00:46 ↗
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 00:47 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 05:45 – 08:14
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 08:15 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 05:45 – 14:49
- ధ్రువ
- 14:50 – 05:45 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- చతుష్పాద
- 05:45 – 13:59
- నాగ
- 14:00 – 05:45 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 05:45 – 05:45 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- జ్యేష్ఠం · అమావాస్య
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఆషాఢం · 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 →