tithi · कृष्ण प्रतिपदा
Krishna Pratipada Tithi: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027
13 days in 2026 · 12 in 2027 · sunrise at New Delhi
Krishna Pratipada is the 16th of the 30 tithis, the dark fortnight’s 1st. A panchang names a day by the tithi running at sunrise, and between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2027 Krishna Pratipada was the tithi at sunrise in New Delhi on 25 days: 13 in 2026 and 12 in 2027. It never fell between two sunrises without holding one, and it never held two sunrises in a row.
Its number, 1, is neither rikta nor among the tithis the muhurat filter favours. A list of the days a tithi held sunrise is not a list of vrat days: an observance tied to a tithi is fixed by its own rule, which the festival pages apply one by one.
The 25 Days, Month by Month
| Month | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | 23 |
| February | 2 | 21 |
| March | 4 | 23 |
| April | 3 | 21 |
| May | 2 | 21 |
| June | 1 | 20 |
| July | 1, 30 | 19 |
| August | 29 | 18 |
| September | 27 | 16 |
| October | 27 | 16 |
| November | 25 | 15 |
| December | 24 | 14 |
By weekday, Krishna Pratipada held sunrise most often on Wednesdays (5 times) and least on Fridays (2): Sunday 4, Monday 4, Tuesday 3, Wednesday 5, Thursday 3, Friday 2, Saturday 4. Over two years that spread is chance, not a pattern; the weekday and the tithi run on unrelated cycles.
In the cycle Krishna Pratipada comes after Purnima and before Krishna Dwitiya; all 30 are on the tithi index. For what the five limbs are and how a day’s panchang is read, see reading the panchang and the guide to choosing a day. This page in Hindi: कृष्ण प्रतिपदा तिथि.