Worship of Goddess Varalakshmi for wealth and prosperity — observed on the Friday nearest to (and before) Shravana Purnima
Observed with: Lakshmi puja · Kalasha worship · New saree offered
- అమావాస్య
- 05:58 – 23:06
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 23:07 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:58 – 07:59
- ఆశ్లేష
- 08:00 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యతీపాత
- 05:58 – 15:25
- వరీయాన్
- 15:26 – 05:58 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- చతుష్పాద
- 05:58 – 12:27
- నాగ
- 12:28 – 05:58 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:58 – 05:58 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆషాఢం · అమావాస్య
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- శ్రావణం · 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 →