Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 05:49 – 11:22
- కృష్ణ సప్తమి
- 11:23 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 05:49 – 02:33 ↗
- రేవతి
- 02:34 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 05:49 – 12:11
- అతిగండ
- 12:12 – 05:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:49 – 11:22
- విష్టి
- 11:23 – 00:29 ↗
- బవ
- 00:30 – 05:49 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 05:49 – 05:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆషాఢం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- శ్రావణం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
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 →