Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 06:25 – 12:48
- కృష్ణ సప్తమి
- 12:49 – 06:26 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 06:25 – 07:43
- ఆశ్లేష
- 07:44 – 06:26 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 06:25 – 01:27 ↗
- ఇంద్ర
- 01:28 – 06:26 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:25 – 12:48
- విష్టి
- 12:49 – 01:52 ↗
- బవ
- 01:53 – 06:26 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 06:25 – 06:26 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- కార్తీకం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- మార్గశిరం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
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 →