Celebration of Krishna's victory over demon Narakasura
Observed with: Abhyanga snan (oil bath) before sunrise · Lamps lit
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 06:12 – 12:23
- అమావాస్య
- 12:24 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- చిత్త
- 06:12 – 03:16 ↗
- స్వాతి
- 03:17 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:12 – 22:10
- ప్రీతి
- 22:11 – 06:12 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- శకుని
- 06:12 – 12:23
- చతుష్పాద
- 12:24 – 22:44
- నాగ
- 22:45 – 06:12 ↗
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
- 06:12 – 16:31
- తుల
- 16:32 – 06:12 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆశ్వయుజం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- కార్తీకం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
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 →