Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 06:22 – 08:25
- అమావాస్య
- 08:26 – 06:21 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 06:22 – 05:21 ↗
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 05:22 – 06:21 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుభ
- 06:22 – 04:00 ↗
- శుక్ల
- 04:01 – 06:21 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- శకుని
- 06:22 – 08:25
- చతుష్పాద
- 08:26 – 19:43
- నాగ
- 19:44 – 06:21 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:22 – 23:36
- మీనం
- 23:37 – 06:21 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఫాల్గుణం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- చైత్రం · 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 →