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Tithi groups

Nanda to Purna: the five tithi groups

The tithis fall into five groups that repeat three times in each paksha. See the pattern, and how it runs through a real month of Panchang days.

01 · Five names, six rounds

The five groups repeat three times in each paksha.

Counting within a paksha, tithis 1, 6 and 11 are Nanda, 2, 7 and 12 Bhadra, 3, 8 and 13 Jaya, 4, 9 and 14 Rikta, and 5, 10 and 15 Purna. The pattern restarts at each paksha.

The five tithi groups across both pakshasTwo rows of fifteen tithis, Shukla above and Krishna below, coloured by group. Nanda holds tithis 1, 6 and 11 of each paksha; Bhadra 2, 7 and 12; Jaya 3, 8 and 13; Rikta 4, 9 and 14; Purna 5, 10 and 15, where the fifteenth is Purnima or Amavasya.THE THIRTY TITHIS BY GROUPShukla Paksha, tithis 1 to 15NanBhaJayRikPurNanBhaJayRikPurNanBhaJayRikPurKrishna Paksha, tithis 1 to 15NanBhaJayRikPurNanBhaJayRikPurNanBhaJayRikPur13579111315
The grouping as given in the site’s tithi guide.

02 · Through a real month

The groups follow the tithis, not the days.

The days of a Panchang take the group of the tithi at sunrise. When a tithi holds no sunrise, its group drops out of the run of days, and when one holds two, its group appears twice.

Tithi groups through one lunar month in DelhiTwo rows from 10 November to 9 December 2026. The upper row is the tithis themselves, coloured by group; the lower is the Panchang days, coloured by the group of the tithi at each Delhi sunrise. Where a tithi holds no sunrise its group is missing from the days: Shukla Ekadashi and Krishna Chaturthi.DELHI, 10 NOVEMBER TO 9 DECEMBER 2026Tithis, coloured by groupPanchang days, by the tithi at sunrise15 Nov22 Nov29 Nov6 Dec
Colours as in the first drawing. Tithi changes from the site’s ephemeris; sunrise tithis from the site’s Panchang for Delhi.

A count of five

Muhurta tradition sorts the fifteen tithis of each paksha into five groups, by position, repeating every five:

Group Meaning of the name Tithis in each paksha
Nanda (नन्दा) joyful 1, 6, 11
Bhadra (भद्रा) auspicious 2, 7, 12
Jaya (जया) victorious 3, 8, 13
Rikta (रिक्ता) empty 4, 9, 14
Purna (पूर्णा) full 5, 10, 15

Pratipada, Shashthi and Ekadashi are Nanda in both pakshas; Purnima and Amavasya are both Purna. The grouping is pure position: it does not depend on which paksha, which month, or where the Moon is beyond the tithi itself.

Through a real month

Since each Panchang day takes the tithi at its sunrise, the days of a calendar follow the groups in order, Nanda, Bhadra, Jaya, Rikta, Purna, and round again, until a tithi is skipped or repeated. In Delhi between 10 November and 9 December 2026, Shukla Ekadashi and Krishna Chaturthi held no sunrise, so a Nanda day and a Rikta day are missing from the run, and the pattern of days jumps a step at each, as how a tithi can be skipped or repeated explains.

How the groups are used

The groups organise traditional activity rules, which name a group for a kind of undertaking rather than listing tithis one by one. The group is one input among the five parts of the Panchang, not a rating of the day on its own; the tithi guide lists them, and how the five Panchang parts work together shows the others beside them.

One name needs care. The Bhadra tithi group is unrelated to Bhadra, the other name of the karana Vishti, which the karana explainer covers.

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