Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — Tilkuta (sesame-jaggery) offered
Observed with: Moonrise-time Ganesha puja · Fasting until moonrise · Sesame-jaggery offering
- కృష్ణ విదియ
- 06:46 – 04:28 ↗
- కృష్ణ తదియ
- 04:29 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మఘ
- 06:46 – 17:45
- పుబ్బ
- 17:46 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 06:46 – 16:02
- అతిగండ
- 16:03 – 06:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:46 – 15:25
- గరజి
- 15:26 – 04:28 ↗
- వణిజ
- 04:29 – 06:46 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 06:46 – 06:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మాఘం · కృష్ణ విదియ
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఫాల్గుణం · 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 →