Janma Tithi Calculator - Birth Tithi & Its Meaning
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Frequently asked questions about Janma Tithi
How is a tithi different from a calendar day?
A tithi is a lunar measurement, not a solar one. It completes each time the Moon gains 12 degrees on the Sun, and because the Moon's speed varies, a tithi can run anywhere from about 19 to 26 hours. So a tithi can start mid-morning and end late the next day, and occasionally one is skipped or repeated entirely.
I was born on a Rikta tithi. Does that mean something bad?
Rikta means empty, and those tithis (the 4th, 9th and 14th) are avoided when choosing a muhurta for a new venture. Being born in one is read differently: it is associated with a sharp, cutting intelligence and the ability to clear obstacles. Around a fifth of all people are Rikta-born, and the tradition offers simple observances rather than alarm.
What do the five tithi groups mean?
The thirty tithis repeat through five names in order. Nanda brings joy and beginnings, Bhadra wholesomeness and steadiness, Jaya victory and competition, Rikta sharpness and clearing, and Purna completion and fullness. Your group gives the emotional keynote of the birth, which is the tithi's main contribution to a chart.
Is being born on Amavasya inauspicious?
It carries a traditional Shanti observance, but it is not a misfortune. Amavasya is the new moon, when the Moon is closest to the Sun and least visible, and the classics read it as an inward, private, self-contained nature. Many notable people were born on it. The Amavasya Janma check sets out the customary remedy.
Why is my Hindu birthday on a different date each year?
Because it follows the tithi and paksha rather than the English date, and the lunar and solar years do not line up. Your tithi returns roughly every 354 days, so the celebration drifts backwards by about eleven days a year until an extra lunar month resets it. Many families mark both the tithi and the calendar date. The Tithi Pravesha calculator finds the exact clock time of that return for any year.
What is Janma Tithi?
Your Janma Tithi is the lunar day active at birth, the first of the five Panchang limbs. A tithi forms every 12° the Moon gains on the Sun, giving 30 tithis a month: 15 in waxing Shukla Paksha and 15 in waning Krishna Paksha.
Each tithi has a deity and belongs to a repeating group: Nanda, Bhadra, Jaya, Rikta or Purna. It is the emotional keynote of the Sun-Moon relationship at birth, and in some traditions the yearly birthday follows the tithi rather than the calendar date. A Rikta or Amavasya birth is an intense temperament with classical remedies, not a defect. Exact time and city keep the paksha and progression right.
Half a tithi is the Janma Karana. All five limbs sit on Janma Panchang. The solar-return cousin of the birth tithi is Tithi Pravesha. For the natal chart use Kundli Maker.
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