Shukla Pratipada and Chitra: Sunday, 11 October 2026

Amavasya gives way to Shukla Pratipada and the Moon enters Chitra: a day to begin and build with care under the inauspicious Vaidhriti yoga.

Sunday 11 October 2026: Shukla Pratipada opens the bright fortnight and the Moon enters Chitra, the craftsman's star. A day to start and build, gently, under Vaidhriti yoga.

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The dark fortnight closed last night. Amavasya has given way to Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the waxing moon in Ashwina, and Pratipada's presiding deity is Brahma, the maker. It is a day that favours starting things.

Read it with one caution. Today's yoga is Vaidhriti, the last of the twenty seven and counted inauspicious; it moved in from Indra overnight. Keep any beginning small and reversible. Open the file, make the first call, but hold back from signing what cannot be unsigned.

The Moon has left Hasta and entered Chitra, the craftsman's star, ruled by Mars and presided over by Tvashtar, the celestial artisan. Chitra favours anything made with the hands and the eye: design, repair, arranging a room, finishing work that has to look right.

So the day pulls in two directions. Pratipada and Chitra invite you to begin and to build, while Vaidhriti asks you to go gently. The honest reading is to spend the day on craft and clean small starts, and leave the irreversible decisions for a clearer day.

Pratipada lasts until about 21:32, when the second tithi takes over, and Chitra holds until roughly 22:33. The windows to avoid, Rahu Kaal and the rest, are set by your own city's sunrise, so a Delhi figure is simply wrong for Chennai. Check yours on the panchang tool.

A day is never the same day for two people. What Vaidhriti, or a Mars ruled Chitra, does to you turns on where Mars and your Moon sit in your own chart. Tell AstroMedha your birth date and it draws that chart free, with no account, and you can ask it two questions about today.

Read the rest of the month in October 2026, day by day.

Common questions

What tithi is it on 11 October 2026?

Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the waxing moon in Ashwina. It lasts until about 21:32, after which the second tithi begins.

Which nakshatra is the Moon in?

Chitra, ruled by Mars and presided over by Tvashtar. The Moon enters it from Hasta, and Chitra holds until roughly 22:33.

Is 11 October 2026 auspicious?

It is mixed. Pratipada and Chitra favour beginnings and craft, but the Vaidhriti yoga is counted inauspicious, so keep new commitments small and reversible.

What is Vaidhriti yoga?

It is the twenty seventh and last of the nitya yogas, traditionally treated as inauspicious. On this day it asks for caution rather than bold, irreversible moves.

When is Rahu Kaal on this day?

Rahu Kaal and the other sunrise-derived windows differ by city, so check your own location on the panchang tool rather than relying on a single Delhi figure.

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