Kshaya and Vriddhi tithis
Days are counted from sunrise to sunrise, but tithis vary in length. So a tithi sometimes never touches a sunrise, and sometimes covers two.
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Example: a Kshaya tithi
Ekadashi (Shukla Paksha): no sunrise between 20/11/2026 (Fri) and 21/11/2026 (Sat)
Example: a Vriddhi tithi
Navami (Shukla Paksha): at sunrise on both 18/11/2026 (Wed) and 19/11/2026 (Thu)
How it works
A civil day takes the name of the tithi prevailing at local sunrise. If a tithi begins after one sunrise and ends before the next, no day is named after it: it is a Kshaya (lost) tithi.
If a tithi begins before one sunrise and ends after the next, two consecutive days carry its name: it is a Vriddhi (extended) tithi.
Both depend on the place, because sunrise does. The examples below are for the selected place; in another city the same tithi can behave differently.
In this site's engine
The engine takes the tithi at local sunrise for each day: when it advances by two from one day to the next, the tithi in between is Kshaya; when it stays the same, that tithi is Vriddhi. The search covers 45 days back and 60 days ahead.
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Related terms
Live values for the selected place, calculated when this page was loaded.
Traditions may vary by region and Panchang convention. Times are shown for the selected place, time zone and calculation profile.