Panchang for Friday, 4 June 2027

Tithi	Amavasya
Paksha	Krishna
Nakshatra	Krittika, pada 4
Yoga	Sukarma
Karana	Chatushpada
Vara	Shukravara
Sunrise (Ujjain, IST)	05:40
Sunset (Ujjain, IST)	19:09

Today's tithi is Amavasya, in the Krishna paksha, the waning half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Krittika nakshatra, pada 4. The vara is Shukravara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Sukarma yoga and Chatushpada karana.

Amavasya, the new Moon tithi

Amavasya is the fifteenth and last tithi of the dark fortnight, the twelve degrees that close at 360 degrees of separation, where the Moon catches the Sun and nothing of it is lit toward us.

The name means dwelling together, which is exactly the geometry: the Moon and the Sun occupy the same longitude, so the Moon rises and sets with the Sun and is invisible for the whole of the tithi. In amanta reckoning, standard through much of southern and western India, the lunar month ends here.

The traditional recipients of this tithi are the pitrs, the ancestors, and the observances follow. The Amavasya of Bhadrapada or Ashwina closes the fortnight given to them, and the Amavasya of Kartika is the darkest night of the year in the calendar's terms, which is why it is the one filled with lamps. An Amavasya that lands on a Monday has its own name and its own customs.

Both fixed karanas of the dark end of the month sit inside this tithi, Chatushpada in its first half and Naga in its second. The tradition treats the whole of it as a hinge rather than a low point: the light is not gone, it is between cycles, and Pratipada is a few hours away.