Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- 06:28 – 16:40
- కృష్ణ నవమి
- 16:41 – 06:29 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుబ్బ
- 06:28 – 05:32 ↗
- ఉత్తర
- 05:33 – 06:29 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 06:28 – 12:38
- విష్కంభ
- 12:39 – 06:29 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:28 – 16:40
- తైతిల
- 16:41 – 03:54 ↗
- గరజి
- 03:55 – 06:29 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 06:28 – 06:29 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- కార్తీకం · కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- మార్గశిరం · కృష్ణ అష్టమి
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 →