Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- అమావాస్య
- 05:43 – 23:57
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 23:58 – 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.
- మృగశిర
- 05:43 – 22:22
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 22:23 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 05:43 – 20:58
- వృద్ధి
- 20:59 – 05:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- చతుష్పాద
- 05:43 – 12:51
- నాగ
- 12:52 – 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.
- వృషభం
- 05:43 – 10:51
- మిథునం
- 10:52 – 05:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- జ్యేష్ఠం · అమావాస్య
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఆషాఢం · అమావాస్య
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 →