Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 06:03 – 14:28
- కృష్ణ పంచమి
- 14:29 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అనురాధ
- 06:03 – 17:16
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 17:17 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యతీపాత
- 06:03 – 21:49
- వరీయాన్
- 21:50 – 06:02 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:03 – 14:28
- కౌలవ
- 14:29 – 01:17 ↗
- తైతిల
- 01:18 – 06:02 ↗
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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:03 – 06:02 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- చైత్రం · కృష్ణ చవితి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- వైశాఖం · కృష్ణ చవితి
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 →