Great night of Shiva — observed on the night when Chaturdashi prevails at Pradosh Kala
Observed with: Fasting · All-night vigil · Rudrabhishek · Shiva puja
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 06:36 – 11:08
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 11:09 – 06:35 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శ్రవణం
- 06:36 – 17:23
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 17:24 – 06:35 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- పరిఘ
- 06:36 – 02:57 ↗
- శివ
- 02:58 – 06:35 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:36 – 11:08
- విష్టి
- 11:09 – 22:05
- శకుని
- 22:06 – 06:35 ↗
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
- 06:36 – 04:36 ↗
- కుంభం
- 04:37 – 06:35 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మాఘం · కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఫాల్గుణం · కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
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 →