Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 06:40 – 11:46
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 11:47 – 06:40 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- విశాఖ
- 06:40 – 22:48
- అనురాధ
- 22:49 – 06:40 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 06:40 – 16:43
- ధృతి
- 16:44 – 06:40 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:40 – 11:46
- గరజి
- 11:47 – 23:24
- వణిజ
- 23:25 – 06:40 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 06:40 – 16:50
- వృశ్చికం
- 16:51 – 06:40 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మార్గశిరం · కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- పుష్యం · 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 →