Celebration of Krishna's victory over demon Narakasura
Observed with: Abhyanga snan (oil bath) before sunrise · Lamps lit
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 06:09 – 12:05
- అమావాస్య
- 12:06 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 06:09 – 20:16
- చిత్త
- 20:17 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 06:09 – 09:37
- వైధృతి
- 09:38 – 05:26 ↗
- విష్కంభ
- 05:27 – 06:10 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- శకుని
- 06:09 – 12:05
- చతుష్పాద
- 12:06 – 22:15
- నాగ
- 22:16 – 06:10 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 06:09 – 06:10 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆశ్వయుజం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- కార్తీకం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
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 →