🪷 Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this tithi IS Krishna
The 15-tithi Sun-Moon angular cycle is Krishna's lunar darśana · each tithi is one of the 15 cosmic doors through which the soul descends or ascends (see Lagna-Tithi-Loka). On Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī, the door is open to the loka governed by Śiva (Mahā-Bhairava) — and Krishna IS that presiding-deity (BG 9.23: "whoever worships any deity with faith, that faith is My arrangement").
Tithi #29 of 30 · Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa · presiding-deity: Śiva (Mahā-Bhairava)
Today (2026-06-03) is Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā — not this tithi. Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta.
🪷 Caturdaśī · Narakāsura-vadha · Krishna's liberation
Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa Caturdaśī (especially Kārtika) is Narakāsura-Caturdaśī · the night Krishna slew Narakāsura and liberated 16,100 captive princesses. The 14th tithi marks the threshold-of-liberation · Krishna's mokṣa-day in many traditions.
— BG 16.21 · "trividhaṁ narakasyedaṁ dvāraṁ" — the threefold gate of hell (which Krishna closes)
Classical attributes
| Tithi-number | #29 of 30 |
|---|---|
| Pakṣa | Kṛṣṇa (waxing/waning) |
| Presiding deity | Śiva (Mahā-Bhairava) |
| Quality | Mahā-Śivarātri tithi · pralaya-quality |
| BG-aspect | BG 11.32 — destroyer-of-worlds |
| Auspiciousness | ✓ auspicious |
Significant festivals on this tithi
- Mahā Śivarātri
Cross-references
- Today's day-page · full pañcāṅga
- Krishna-as-Paramaatma · BG 7
- Viśvarūpa-Kāla · time as Krishna's body
- Cosmic-Time · BG 8
📚 See Also
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia of grahas · rāśis · nakshatras · tithis · karaṇas
- Cosmic-Time · BG 8 Akṣara-Brahma · Kalpa · Manvantara · Yuga framework
- Viśvarūpa-Kāla · BG 10.30 + 11.32 · Krishna IS Time (kālaḥ kalayatām aham)
- Today's day-page · 2026-06-03 · Full pañcāṅga with this tithi active or upcoming
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See what tithi YOU were born under
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra · Tithi-Adhyāya — Classical authority on tithi attributes · deity assignments · auspiciousness
- Muhūrta-Cintāmaṇi · tithi-classification for muhūrta — The treatise governing which tithis are auspicious for which rites
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · Sun-Moon angular-separation computation (~500 CE) — The astronomical source for tithi-as-Sun-Moon-angle calculation