Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 05:41 – 13:58
- అమావాస్య
- 13:59 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- కృత్తిక
- 05:41 – 08:44
- రోహిణి
- 08:45 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 05:41 – 06:47
- ధృతి
- 06:48 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- శకుని
- 05:41 – 13:58
- చతుష్పాద
- 13:59 – 03:12 ↗
- నాగ
- 03:13 – 05:41 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- వైశాఖం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- జ్యేష్ఠం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
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 →