Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — Tilkuta (sesame-jaggery) offered
Observed with: Moonrise-time Ganesha puja · Fasting until moonrise · Sesame-jaggery offering
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 06:45 – 06:45 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తర
- 06:45 – 22:27
- హస్త
- 22:28 – 06:45 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 06:45 – 16:45
- ధృతి
- 16:46 – 06:45 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:45 – 19:14
- బాలవ
- 19:15 – 06:45 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 06:45 – 06:45 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మాఘం · కృష్ణ చవితి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఫాల్గుణం · కృష్ణ చవితి
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 →