Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ నవమి
- 05:56 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- భరణి
- 05:56 – 13:51
- కృత్తిక
- 13:52 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 05:56 – 13:11
- వృద్ధి
- 13:12 – 05:56 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:56 – 18:59
- గరజి
- 19:00 – 05:56 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 05:56 – 20:31
- వృషభం
- 20:32 – 05:56 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆషాఢం · కృష్ణ నవమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- శ్రావణం · కృష్ణ నవమి
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 →