Panchang for Saturday, 26 December 2026
| Tithi | Tritiya |
|---|---|
| Paksha | Krishna |
| Nakshatra | Pushya, pada 2 |
| Yoga | Vaidhriti |
| Karana | Vanija |
| Vara | Shanivara |
| Sunrise (Ujjain, IST) | 07:05 |
| Sunset (Ujjain, IST) | 17:48 |
Today's tithi is Tritiya, in the Krishna paksha, the waning half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Pushya nakshatra, pada 2. The vara is Shanivara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Vaidhriti yoga and Vanija karana.
Tritiya in Krishna paksha
Krishna Tritiya is the third tithi of the dark fortnight, from 204 to 216 degrees of Moon to Sun separation, and it belongs to the Jaya group the tradition connects with things that hold.
By now the Moon rises well into the evening and is clearly past full, with a flattened side that grows through the fortnight. It is high in the sky at dawn rather than at dusk, which is the general rule for the dark half: the waning Moon belongs to the morning.
The traditional deity is Gauri, and the classical associations of the Jaya tithis are with holding a position and with arrangements that stay made. In the emptying fortnight that reads as durability under reduction rather than as expansion: what remains when something is taken away.
The plain use is testing a commitment made earlier. The bright fortnight is where things get started and the dark fortnight is where they get carried, and the tradition is unsentimental about the difference between the two.