Telugu married women's fast for the husband's longevity — moonrise puja, atlu (dosas) offered
Observed with: Fast until moonrise · Gauri puja · Atlu offering to 10 women
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 06:10 – 21:49
- కృష్ణ విదియ
- 21:50 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 06:10 – 19:50
- భరణి
- 19:51 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 06:10 – 02:28 ↗
- సిద్ధి
- 02:29 – 06:10 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:10 – 11:05
- కౌలవ
- 11:06 – 21:49
- తైతిల
- 21:50 – 06:10 ↗
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
- 06:10 – 06:10 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆశ్వయుజం · కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- కార్తీకం · కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
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 →