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The phase of the Moon is nothing more than how far it has moved ahead of the Sun, and it is the same measurement the Hindu calendar counts tithis from. This gives you the phase at your birth, how much of the disc was lit, the paksha and the tithi number, computed from real positions rather than an average lunar month.
New Moon is the Sun and Moon at the same longitude; full Moon is a hundred and eighty degrees apart. Everything between is a fraction of that gap. Because the same angle defines the tithi, the phase and the tithi are two readings of one measurement: each tithi is exactly twelve degrees of separation, which is why there are thirty of them in a lunar month.
The brightening half from new to full is Shukla paksha; the darkening half from full to new is Krishna paksha. Almost every Hindu observance is dated by paksha and tithi rather than by the solar date, which is why festivals move against the Gregorian calendar. Knowing which paksha you were born in tells you which half of the lunar cycle your birth tithi belongs to.
The Moon does not move at a constant speed — its orbit is elliptical, so it covers those twelve degrees faster at some points than others. A tithi can run from about twenty hours to nearly twenty-seven. Any tool that divides the month into thirty equal parts is approximating; this computes the real separation at your birth moment instead.
It is not a personality type and it is not a prediction. In Vedic astrology the important lunar facts about a birth are the Moon's sign and nakshatra, which drive the dasha timeline and the daily reading. The phase is context, and it matters most for muhurta and for observances rather than for character.
New Moon is the Sun and Moon at the same longitude; full Moon is a hundred and eighty degrees apart. Everything between is a fraction of that gap. Because the same angle defines the tithi, the phase and the tithi are two readings of one measurement: each tithi is exactly twelve degrees of separation, which is why there are thirty of them in a lunar month.
The brightening half from new to full is Shukla paksha; the darkening half from full to new is Krishna paksha. Almost every Hindu observance is dated by paksha and tithi rather than by the solar date, which is why festivals move against the Gregorian calendar. Knowing which paksha you were born in tells you which half of the lunar cycle your birth tithi belongs to.
The Moon does not move at a constant speed — its orbit is elliptical, so it covers those twelve degrees faster at some points than others. A tithi can run from about twenty hours to nearly twenty-seven. Any tool that divides the month into thirty equal parts is approximating; this computes the real separation at your birth moment instead.
It is not a personality type and it is not a prediction. In Vedic astrology the important lunar facts about a birth are the Moon's sign and nakshatra, which drive the dasha timeline and the daily reading. The phase is context, and it matters most for muhurta and for observances rather than for character.
Enter your birth date, time and place above. The phase is computed from the actual Sun and Moon longitudes at that moment, so it is exact rather than estimated from an average month.
They are two readings of the same measurement. The tithi is the Sun-Moon separation divided into twelve-degree steps; the phase is the same separation described in words. Tithi is the number the calendar uses.
Not directly in the way people expect. The Moon's sign and nakshatra carry the weight in a Vedic reading — the dasha sequence starts from the birth nakshatra. The phase matters more for muhurta and for religious observance.
Usually because of the birth time and place. The Moon moves about half a degree an hour, so an hour's difference in the assumed time visibly changes the separation, and some tools compute at sunrise rather than at the birth moment.
ShukrAI computes from your real birth chart with the Swiss Ephemeris and Lahiri ayanamsa. It is for reflection and self-understanding, is never a prediction of doom, and is not a substitute for professional advice.
