Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- 05:48 – 05:24 ↗
- కృష్ణ నవమి
- 05:25 – 05:48 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 05:48 – 03:10 ↗
- అశ్విని
- 03:11 – 05:48 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 05:48 – 18:18
- సుకర్మ
- 18:19 – 05:48 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:48 – 17:19
- కౌలవ
- 17:20 – 05:24 ↗
- తైతిల
- 05:25 – 05:48 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 05:48 – 03:10 ↗
- మేషం
- 03:11 – 05:48 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆషాఢం · కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- శ్రావణం · 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 →