Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ తదియ
- 06:26 – 15:44
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 15:45 – 06:26 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 06:26 – 03:09 ↗
- పునర్వసు
- 03:10 – 06:26 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సాధ్య
- 06:26 – 17:38
- శుభ
- 17:39 – 06:26 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:26 – 15:44
- బవ
- 15:45 – 04:28 ↗
- బాలవ
- 04:29 – 06:26 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 06:26 – 06:26 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- కార్తీకం · కృష్ణ తదియ
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- మార్గశిరం · 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 →