Monthly Shukla Shashthi worship of Lord Murugan (Skanda/Kartikeya). The principal Skanda Sashti is Kartika Shukla Shashthi (Kanda Sashti).
Observed with: Murugan puja · Vel worship
- అమావాస్య
- 06:40 – 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.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 06:40 – 22:51
- మూల
- 22:52 – 06:40 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:40 – 15:46
- గండ
- 15:47 – 06:40 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- చతుష్పాద
- 06:40 – 18:08
- నాగ
- 18:09 – 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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:40 – 22:51
- ధనస్సు
- 22:52 – 06:40 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మార్గశిరం · అమావాస్య
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- పుష్యం · అమావాస్య
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 →