Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 06:06 – 06:12
- కృష్ణ పంచమి
- 06:13 – 05:33 ↗
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 05:34 – 06:06 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- కృత్తిక
- 06:06 – 18:03
- రోహిణి
- 18:04 – 06:06 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 06:06 – 08:17
- సిద్ధి
- 08:18 – 06:06 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:06 – 06:12
- కౌలవ
- 06:13 – 17:46
- తైతిల
- 17:47 – 05:33 ↗
- గరజి
- 05:34 – 06:06 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 06:06 – 06:06 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- భాద్రపదం · కృష్ణ చవితి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఆశ్వయుజం · 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 →