Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 05:57 – 18:22
- కృష్ణ సప్తమి
- 18:23 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మూల
- 05:57 – 10:21
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 10:22 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శివ
- 05:57 – 00:52 ↗
- సిద్ధ
- 00:53 – 05:56 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:57 – 18:22
- విష్టి
- 18:23 – 05:56 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 05:57 – 05:56 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- చైత్రం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- వైశాఖం · 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 →