Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 06:15 – 23:08
- కృష్ణ సప్తమి
- 23:09 – 06:15 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 06:15 – 06:15 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధ
- 06:15 – 12:53
- సాధ్య
- 12:54 – 06:15 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:15 – 10:25
- వణిజ
- 10:26 – 23:08
- విష్టి
- 23:09 – 06:15 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 06:15 – 01:24 ↗
- కర్కాటకం
- 01:25 – 06:15 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆశ్వయుజం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- కార్తీకం · 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 →