Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ తదియ
- 06:38 – 13:22
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 13:23 – 06:39 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 06:38 – 09:12
- పుష్యమి
- 09:13 – 06:39 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 06:38 – 09:41
- ఇంద్ర
- 09:42 – 06:10 ↗
- వైధృతి
- 06:11 – 06:39 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:38 – 13:22
- బవ
- 13:23 – 23:57
- బాలవ
- 23:58 – 06:39 ↗
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
- 06:38 – 06:39 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మార్గశిరం · కృష్ణ తదియ
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- పుష్యం · 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 →