What Is a Tithi

"Tithi is Lord Vishnu, So is the Vaar(day), the Nakshatra, the Yoga and the Karana. All five limbs of the Panchangam are him. He is TIME." Daily Panchang for 22nd Mar 2017, India. Visit http://www.mpanchang.com to know about daily panchang. A Tithi is an important concept in Hindu Astrology. It means lunar month. There are thirty Tithi's in a Lunar month distributed in the 360 degrees of the Zodiac and each Tithi is completed when the longitude of the Moon gains exactly 12 degrees or its multiple on that of the Sun. By name there are only 15 tithis repeating in the two half’s of the month – SHUKLA 1 to SHUKLA 15 (known as POORNIMA or Full Moon) and KRISHNA 1 to 15 (known as AMAVASYA or New Moon).