Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 05:55 – 19:20
- అమావాస్య
- 19:21 – 05:55 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 05:55 – 20:04
- పుష్యమి
- 20:05 – 05:55 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 05:55 – 22:42
- సిద్ధి
- 22:43 – 05:55 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:55 – 09:10
- శకుని
- 09:11 – 19:20
- చతుష్పాద
- 19:21 – 05:28 ↗
- నాగ
- 05:29 – 05:55 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 05:55 – 14:47
- కర్కాటకం
- 14:48 – 05:55 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- ఆషాఢం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- శ్రావణం · 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 →