Festival of wealth and health — Lakshmi and Dhanvantari worship
Observed with: Gold/silver/utensil purchase · Lakshmi puja · Yama Deepak outside home
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 06:10 – 12:19
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 12:20 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుబ్బ
- 06:10 – 15:41
- ఉత్తర
- 15:42 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 06:10 – 01:47 ↗
- ఇంద్ర
- 01:48 – 06:10 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:10 – 12:19
- గరజి
- 12:20 – 01:02 ↗
- వణిజ
- 01:03 – 06:10 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 06:10 – 22:11
- కన్య
- 22:12 – 06:10 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆశ్వయుజం · కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- కార్తీకం · కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
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 →