Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — Tilkuta (sesame-jaggery) offered
Observed with: Moonrise-time Ganesha puja · Fasting until moonrise · Sesame-jaggery offering
- కృష్ణ తదియ
- 06:38 – 21:49
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 21:50 – 06:38 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తర
- 06:38 – 10:28
- హస్త
- 10:29 – 06:38 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:38 – 02:25 ↗
- గండ
- 02:26 – 06:38 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:38 – 10:39
- విష్టి
- 10:40 – 21:49
- బవ
- 21:50 – 06:38 ↗
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
- 06:38 – 06:38 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మాఘం · కృష్ణ తదియ
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఫాల్గుణం · కృష్ణ తదియ
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 →