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Tithi Calculator Find the tithi and panchang of your birth

A tithi is a lunar day: the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun, so there are 30 in a lunar month, 15 in the bright half (Shukla paksha) and 15 in the dark half (Krishna paksha). This calculator finds the tithi you were born in, with the other four limbs of the panchang at your birth (weekday, nakshatra, yoga and karana), the Moon's phase and your Sun sign in the Vedic and Western zodiacs.

Enter your birth details

Use the time from your birth certificate if you have it. The tithi changes about once a day and the weekday changes at sunrise, so both depend on the birth time.

Local clock time at the place of birth.

Your birth details are used only to calculate this chart. They are not saved to an account or added to the page address. This tab remembers them for the other calculators and forgets them when you close it.

What you will see

6 results
  • The tithi you were born in, its paksha, and how far into the tithi your birth fell
  • Your Hindu weekday (vaar), which runs from sunrise to sunrise
  • Your birth nakshatra and pada, with its lord
  • The nitya yoga and the karana at your birth
  • The Moon's phase at birth: its name and how much of it was lit
  • Your Sun sign in the Vedic (sidereal) and the Western (tropical) zodiac
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What the calculator shows

Everything comes from one chart calculation, the same one the other chart calculators use.

  • Your birth tithi

    The lunar day you were born in, such as Shukla Panchami, with its paksha and the share of the tithi that had passed at your birth.

  • The weekday by sunrise

    The Hindu weekday (vaar) runs from one sunrise to the next. If you were born before sunrise, the result says so and gives the weekday of the day before.

  • Nakshatra and pada

    The nakshatra the Moon was in at your birth, its quarter (pada) and its ruling planet.

  • Yoga and karana

    The nitya yoga (one of 27, from the Sun and the Moon together) and the karana (half of a tithi), with whether the karana is movable or fixed.

  • The Moon's phase

    The phase of the Moon at your birth, such as waxing crescent, and how much of its disc was lit.

  • Sun sign in both zodiacs

    Your Sun sign in the Vedic (sidereal) zodiac and in the Western (tropical) one, side by side, with the ayanamsa that separates them.

  • Notes when it matters

    If your birth fell within about an hour of a tithi change, or within minutes of sunrise, the result says which value could change.

Why the birth time matters

A tithi lasts about a day, but it rarely starts at midnight or at sunrise: it begins whenever the Moon reaches the next 12° from the Sun, at any hour. Two people born on the same date can have different tithis, and a birth time that is off by an hour can move a birth near a tithi change into the next one.

The Hindu weekday changes at sunrise, not at midnight. A birth at 5 in the morning, before the sun rose, belongs to the weekday of the previous date. The nakshatra changes about once a day too, and its pada every six hours or so.

How DKSCORE finds your birth tithi

  • Positions from your chart

    DKSCORE calculates your chart in the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri ayanamsa for your date, time and place of birth. The panchang comes from the same Sun and Moon positions, with the same formulas as the kundali report.

  • Tithi, karana and yoga

    The tithi is the distance of the Moon ahead of the Sun divided into 12° parts, and the karana into 6° parts (half a tithi). The nitya yoga is the sum of the Sun's and the Moon's longitudes divided into 27 parts of 13°20′.

  • Weekday from sunrise

    The weekday runs from sunrise to sunrise at your place of birth. A birth before that day's sunrise takes the previous weekday.

  • Two Sun signs

    The Vedic Sun sign is the sidereal one, measured against the stars. The Western Sun sign is the tropical one, measured from the March equinox; it is the sidereal position plus the ayanamsa, about 24° today, which is why the two often differ.

Learn more about your birth tithi

For what each tithi is associated with in Vedic astrology and how astrologers read it, read our in-depth article.

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FAQ

Tithi calculator: questions and answers

What is a tithi?
A tithi is a lunar day of the Hindu calendar. It is the time the Moon takes to move 12° further ahead of the Sun. A lunar month has 30 tithis: 15 in the bright half (Shukla paksha), from the new moon to the full moon, and 15 in the dark half (Krishna paksha), from the full moon back to the new moon. The 15th of the bright half is Purnima and the 15th of the dark half is Amavasya.
How does this calculator find my birth tithi?
DKSCORE calculates your chart (sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa) and reads the tithi from the distance of the Moon ahead of the Sun at your birth. For example, for a birth in New Delhi on 1 January 1990 at 10:30, the Moon was about 48.8° ahead of the Sun, which is the 5th tithi of the bright half, Shukla Panchami, with about 7% of it gone. The weekday was Monday, the nakshatra Dhanishta (pada 4), the yoga Siddhi and the karana Bava. The result shows the same for your own birth.
Why is my tithi different from my date of birth?
The date on the calendar and the tithi count different things. The date follows the Sun and changes at midnight; the tithi follows the Moon and changes whenever the Moon gains another 12° on the Sun, at any hour. A tithi can begin in the evening of one date and end in the afternoon of the next, so a birthday by tithi falls on a different date each year.
Why is my weekday different from the calendar?
In the Hindu calendar the weekday (vaar) runs from one sunrise to the next, not from midnight. If you were born after midnight but before sunrise, your vaar is the weekday of the previous date. For example, a birth in New Delhi at 05:00 on Monday, 1 January 1990, came before that day's sunrise at 07:14, so its vaar is Sunday. The result tells you when this applies.
Why are my Vedic and Western Sun signs different?
The two zodiacs start from different points. The Western (tropical) zodiac is measured from the March equinox, and the Vedic (sidereal) zodiac against the fixed stars. The gap between them, the ayanamsa, is about 24° today, so the Sun is often one sign earlier in the Vedic zodiac. In the New Delhi example, the Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius) in the Vedic zodiac and in Makara (Capricorn) in the Western one.
What are the yoga and the karana?
They are two of the five limbs of the panchang. The nitya yoga is one of 27, found from the sum of the Sun's and the Moon's longitudes in parts of 13°20′. The karana is half of a tithi, so there are two in each tithi: seven movable karanas repeat through the month, and four fixed ones fall around the new moon.
Do I need my exact birth time?
Yes, as close as you can. The tithi changes about once a day and the weekday at sunrise, so a birth near either change depends on the time. If your birth is within about an hour of a tithi change, or within minutes of sunrise, the result says so.
Are my birth details saved?
Your details are used only to calculate the result. They are not saved to an account or profile, and they are never added to the page address or sent to analytics.
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Have your birth panchang read by a Vedic astrologer.

Astrologers read the tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana of a birth together with the rest of the chart. An astrologer can tell you what your birth panchang means in your tradition.