Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 05:45 – 11:27
- కృష్ణ సప్తమి
- 11:28 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 05:45 – 14:37
- శ్రవణం
- 14:38 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుభ
- 05:45 – 15:16
- శుక్ల
- 15:17 – 05:45 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:45 – 11:27
- విష్టి
- 11:28 – 22:17
- బవ
- 22:18 – 05:45 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 05:45 – 05:45 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- వైశాఖం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- జ్యేష్ఠం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
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 →