Festival of wealth and health — Lakshmi and Dhanvantari worship
Observed with: Gold/silver/utensil purchase · Lakshmi puja · Yama Deepak outside home
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 06:12 – 01:03 ↗
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 01:04 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుబ్బ
- 06:12 – 14:33
- ఉత్తర
- 14:34 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 06:12 – 11:43
- ఇంద్ర
- 11:44 – 06:12 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:12 – 14:12
- తైతిల
- 14:13 – 01:03 ↗
- గరజి
- 01:04 – 06:12 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 06:12 – 20:10
- కన్య
- 20:11 – 06:12 ↗
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 →