Hindu Luni-Solar New Year
Observed with: Panchanga reading · Neem-jaggery prasad · New clothes
- అమావాస్య
- 06:02 – 08:00
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 08:01 – 06:01 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 06:02 – 11:29
- అశ్విని
- 11:30 – 06:01 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 06:02 – 14:27
- విష్కంభ
- 14:28 – 06:01 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- నాగ
- 06:02 – 06:01 ↗
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
- 06:02 – 11:29
- మేషం
- 11:30 – 06:01 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఫాల్గుణం · అమావాస్య
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- చైత్రం · 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 →