Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 06:48 – 14:18
- అమావాస్య
- 14:19 – 06:48 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 06:48 – 21:57
- శ్రవణం
- 21:58 – 06:48 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 06:48 – 10:25
- సిద్ధి
- 10:26 – 06:41 ↗
- వ్యతీపాత
- 06:42 – 06:48 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- శకుని
- 06:48 – 14:18
- చతుష్పాద
- 14:19 – 00:45 ↗
- నాగ
- 00:46 – 06:48 ↗
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
- 06:48 – 06:48 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- పుష్యం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- మాఘం · 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 →