Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ తదియ
- 05:47 – 13:21
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 13:22 – 05:47 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శ్రవణం
- 05:47 – 07:51
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 07:52 – 05:32 ↗
- శతభిష
- 05:33 – 05:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 05:47 – 07:03
- ప్రీతి
- 07:04 – 03:23 ↗
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 03:24 – 05:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:47 – 13:21
- బవ
- 13:22 – 23:46
- బాలవ
- 23:47 – 05:47 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 05:47 – 18:37
- కుంభం
- 18:38 – 05:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆషాఢం · కృష్ణ తదియ
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- శ్రావణం · 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 →