Festival of wealth and health — Lakshmi and Dhanvantari worship
Observed with: Gold/silver/utensil purchase · Lakshmi puja · Yama Deepak outside home
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 06:16 – 10:30
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 10:31 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 06:16 – 04:43 ↗
- చిత్త
- 04:44 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:16 – 04:09 ↗
- ప్రీతి
- 04:10 – 06:17 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:16 – 10:30
- గరజి
- 10:31 – 22:36
- వణిజ
- 22:37 – 06:17 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 06:16 – 06:17 ↗
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 →