Tithi 4 · Krishna Pakshaतिथि
Krishna Chaturthi
चतुर्थी
Sankashti Chaturthi — Ganesha removes the gravest obstacles.
Presiding deity
Ganesha
Category
Rikta
Empty / draining — avoid new ventures, marriage, big purchases.
Tithi number
4 of 15 in Krishna Paksha
Also known as
Sankashti Chaturthi · Karva Chauth (Kartika Krishna Chaturthi — North India)
Tithi character
Krishna Chaturthi is Sankashti Chaturthi — Ganesha is invoked specifically to dissolve the heaviest karmic obstacles. Devotees fast until moonrise, then break fast after sighting the moon.
Auspicious for
- ✓Sankashti vrat for grave obstacles
- ✓Modak offering
- ✓Moon-sight fast-break
Traditionally avoided
- ✗New ventures (Rikta tithi)
- ✗Marriage
Festivals on Krishna Chaturthi
2 festivals in our calendar fall on this tithi (across the supported VS years).