Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ పంచమి
- 06:38 – 15:47
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 15:48 – 06:38 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆశ్లేష
- 06:38 – 17:22
- మఘ
- 17:23 – 06:38 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 06:38 – 18:42
- విష్కంభ
- 18:43 – 06:38 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:38 – 15:47
- గరజి
- 15:48 – 04:26 ↗
- వణిజ
- 04:27 – 06:38 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 06:38 – 17:22
- సింహం
- 17:23 – 06:38 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మార్గశిరం · కృష్ణ పంచమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- పుష్యం · కృష్ణ పంచమి
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 →