Great night of Shiva — observed on the night when Chaturdashi prevails at Pradosh Kala
Observed with: Fasting · All-night vigil · Rudrabhishek · Shiva puja
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 06:40 – 16:00
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 16:01 – 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.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 06:40 – 07:28
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 07:29 – 06:40 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధి
- 06:40 – 07:19
- వ్యతీపాత
- 07:20 – 06:40 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:40 – 16:00
- గరజి
- 16:01 – 04:38 ↗
- వణిజ
- 04:39 – 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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:40 – 13:52
- మకరం
- 13:53 – 06:40 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మాఘం · కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఫాల్గుణం · 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 →