Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 06:28 – 06:40
- కృష్ణ పంచమి
- 06:41 – 03:57 ↗
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 03:58 – 06:28 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 06:28 – 12:50
- పుష్యమి
- 12:51 – 06:28 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుక్ల
- 06:28 – 20:17
- బ్రహ్మ
- 20:18 – 06:28 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:28 – 06:40
- కౌలవ
- 06:41 – 17:15
- తైతిల
- 17:16 – 03:57 ↗
- గరజి
- 03:58 – 06:28 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 06:28 – 07:22
- కర్కాటకం
- 07:23 – 06:28 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- కార్తీకం · కృష్ణ చవితి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- మార్గశిరం · కృష్ణ చవితి
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 →