Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 06:41 – 06:40 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- చిత్త
- 06:41 – 07:35
- స్వాతి
- 07:36 – 06:40 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 06:41 – 09:51
- వృద్ధి
- 09:52 – 06:40 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:41 – 18:13
- వణిజ
- 18:14 – 06:40 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 06:41 – 06:40 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మాఘం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఫాల్గుణం · 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 →