Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ ఏకాదశి
- 05:44 – 17:27
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 17:28 – 05:44 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- భరణి
- 05:44 – 01:36 ↗
- కృత్తిక
- 01:37 – 05:44 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 05:44 – 17:28
- ధృతి
- 17:29 – 05:44 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:44 – 17:27
- కౌలవ
- 17:28 – 05:44 ↗
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
- 05:44 – 05:44 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- జ్యేష్ఠం · కృష్ణ ఏకాదశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఆషాఢం · కృష్ణ ఏకాదశి
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 →