Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ తదియ
- 06:33 – 11:44
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 11:45 – 06:32 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 06:33 – 09:34
- చిత్త
- 09:35 – 06:32 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 06:33 – 11:40
- వృద్ధి
- 11:41 – 06:32 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:33 – 11:44
- బవ
- 11:45 – 22:03
- బాలవ
- 22:04 – 06:32 ↗
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
- 06:33 – 20:15
- తుల
- 20:16 – 06:32 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఫాల్గుణం · కృష్ణ తదియ
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- చైత్రం · కృష్ణ తదియ
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 →