Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- 05:43 – 05:27 ↗
- కృష్ణ నవమి
- 05:28 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 05:43 – 02:00 ↗
- శతభిష
- 02:01 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 05:43 – 15:34
- ఇంద్ర
- 15:35 – 05:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:43 – 16:12
- కౌలవ
- 16:13 – 05:27 ↗
- తైతిల
- 05:28 – 05:43 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 05:43 – 12:29
- కుంభం
- 12:30 – 05:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- వైశాఖం · కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- జ్యేష్ఠం · 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 →