Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 06:43 – 00:23 ↗
- అమావాస్య
- 00:24 – 06:44 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 06:43 – 03:14 ↗
- మూల
- 03:15 – 06:44 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:43 – 08:26
- గండ
- 08:27 – 06:44 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:43 – 11:54
- శకుని
- 11:55 – 00:23 ↗
- చతుష్పాద
- 00:24 – 06:44 ↗
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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:43 – 03:14 ↗
- ధనస్సు
- 03:15 – 06:44 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మార్గశిరం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- పుష్యం · 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 →