Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- 06:16 – 22:04
- కృష్ణ నవమి
- 22:05 – 06:15 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మూల
- 06:16 – 16:07
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 16:08 – 06:15 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 06:16 – 01:46 ↗
- పరిఘ
- 01:47 – 06:15 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:16 – 11:07
- కౌలవ
- 11:08 – 22:04
- తైతిల
- 22:05 – 06:15 ↗
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
- 06:16 – 06:15 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఫాల్గుణం · కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- చైత్రం · కృష్ణ అష్టమి
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 →