Birth of Lord Krishna — Shravana Krishna Ashtami
Observed with: Fasting · Midnight celebrations · Dahi Handi · Bhajan Sandhya
- కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- 05:57 – 18:31
- కృష్ణ నవమి
- 18:32 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- భరణి
- 05:57 – 13:08
- కృత్తిక
- 13:09 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 05:57 – 01:27 ↗
- ధ్రువ
- 01:28 – 05:58 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 05:57 – 18:31
- తైతిల
- 18:32 – 05:58 ↗
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
- 05:57 – 19:38
- వృషభం
- 19:39 – 05:58 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- శ్రావణం · కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- భాద్రపదం · 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 →