Krishna Chavithiచవితి
Tithis 4, 9 and 14. Avoided for beginnings; good for clearing.
- Deity
- Ganesha
- Paksha
- Krishna Paksha
- Group
- Rikta — empty
- Sanskrit
- Chaturthi
- Telugu
- చవితి
- Number
- 4 / 15
About Krishna Chavithi
The fourth tithi belongs to Ganesha, the remover of obstacles — which is exactly why a rikta tithi is bearable here. Sankashti Chaturthi in krishna paksha and Vinayaka Chaturthi in shukla paksha are both observed monthly, and the great festival of Vinayaka Chaviti falls on the shukla chaturthi of Bhadrapada.
The paksha
In krishna paksha the moon is waning, losing light each night. The waning half is treated as favourable to inward, reductive and concluding work — practice, fasting, ancestral rites and the settling of what is outstanding — rather than to new outward beginnings.
Rikta — empty
Rikta means 'empty'. These tithis are traditionally avoided for weddings, housewarmings and other auspicious beginnings. They are not bad days — they suit demolition, dispute, medical treatment, settling debts and clearing out what is finished. Their weekday is Saturday.
What it traditionally favours
Ganesha worship, removing obstacles, confronting difficulty, demolition and clearing. Avoided for weddings and journeys.
How this tithi is reckoned
The tithi shown on any date page is the one running at sunrise in the city you have selected, which is the convention used by published panchangams. Because a tithi can begin or end at any hour, the same calendar date can carry a different tithi in two cities several time zones apart — this is a real difference, not an error, and it is why every timing on this site is computed for a specific place rather than for a country.