word for that time of the month where funds are running low and you gotta wait til payday [closed]

Basically title, but is the meaning of the Indonesian phrase "tanggal Tua". Any ideas?

This is called 'to make ends meet', simply! Cambridge dictionaries online

In agriculture, there is 'the lean season' or 'hunger season' or 'hunger gap', the days or months that separate the running out of food reserves and the new harvest, which will replenish the granaries. Linguee

There is an expression I've heard about there being

"too much month at the end of the money"

this is a play on the more usual (and beneficial!) phrase where you would be considering to do with your excess money at the end of the month.