Arrival of spring — Goddess Saraswati worship; yellow-clad celebrations
Observed with: Saraswati puja · Yellow clothes worn · Books/instruments worshipped · Kite flying in Punjab
- అమావాస్య
- 06:49 – 03:11 ↗
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 03:12 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 06:49 – 02:46 ↗
- శ్రవణం
- 02:47 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 06:49 – 02:24 ↗
- సిద్ధి
- 02:25 – 06:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- చతుష్పాద
- 06:49 – 14:41
- నాగ
- 14:42 – 06:49 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:49 – 07:40
- మకరం
- 07:41 – 06:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- పుష్యం · అమావాస్య
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- మాఘం · 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 →