Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 06:47 – 14:12
- కృష్ణ సప్తమి
- 14:13 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- చిత్త
- 06:47 – 21:07
- స్వాతి
- 21:08 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:47 – 01:00 ↗
- గండ
- 01:01 – 06:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:47 – 14:12
- విష్టి
- 14:13 – 01:09 ↗
- బవ
- 01:10 – 06:47 ↗
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
- 06:47 – 09:50
- తుల
- 09:51 – 06:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- పుష్యం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- మాఘం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
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 →