Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 06:21 – 08:07
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 08:08 – 04:55 ↗
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 04:56 – 06:20 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:21 – 22:04
- శతభిష
- 22:05 – 06:20 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధ
- 06:21 – 20:06
- సాధ్య
- 20:07 – 06:20 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:21 – 08:07
- గరజి
- 08:08 – 18:31
- వణిజ
- 18:32 – 04:55 ↗
- విష్టి
- 04:56 – 06:20 ↗
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
- 06:21 – 11:17
- కుంభం
- 11:18 – 06:20 ↗
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 →