Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ సప్తమి
- 05:41 – 00:46 ↗
- కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- 00:47 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 05:41 – 16:07
- శతభిష
- 16:08 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 05:41 – 03:01 ↗
- విష్కంభ
- 03:02 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:41 – 12:50
- బవ
- 12:51 – 00:46 ↗
- బాలవ
- 00:47 – 05:41 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- వైశాఖం · కృష్ణ సప్తమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- జ్యేష్ఠం · కృష్ణ సప్తమి
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 →