Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- 06:49 – 12:29
- కృష్ణ నవమి
- 12:30 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- స్వాతి
- 06:49 – 05:43 ↗
- విశాఖ
- 05:44 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 06:49 – 15:23
- శూల
- 15:24 – 06:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:49 – 12:29
- తైతిల
- 12:30 – 00:11 ↗
- గరజి
- 00:12 – 06:49 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 06:49 – 06:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- పుష్యం · కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- మాఘం · కృష్ణ అష్టమి
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 →