Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 06:27 – 03:42 ↗
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 03:43 – 06:26 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శ్రవణం
- 06:27 – 06:26 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- పరిఘ
- 06:27 – 17:58
- శివ
- 17:59 – 06:26 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:27 – 14:56
- తైతిల
- 14:57 – 03:42 ↗
- గరజి
- 03:43 – 06:26 ↗
Half a tithi. Eleven karanas rotate through the month; Vishti (Bhadra) is the one commonly avoided.
The weekday, reckoned sunrise to sunrise rather than midnight to midnight.
- మకరం
- 06:27 – 06:26 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఫాల్గుణం · కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- చైత్రం · కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
Same day. The month name differs because a purnimanta month ends at the full moon and an amanta month ends at the new moon — so every Krishna-paksha day carries the next month’s name in the North. The tithi, the nakshatra and every timing on this page are identical. Why this happens →