Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ విదియ
- 05:41 – 09:45
- కృష్ణ తదియ
- 09:46 – 05:42 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 05:41 – 12:37
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 12:38 – 05:42 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 05:41 – 21:08
- ఇంద్ర
- 21:09 – 05:42 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:41 – 09:45
- వణిజ
- 09:46 – 19:56
- విష్టి
- 19:57 – 05:42 ↗
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
- 05:41 – 17:55
- మకరం
- 17:56 – 05:42 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- జ్యేష్ఠం · కృష్ణ విదియ
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఆషాఢం · కృష్ణ విదియ
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 →