Great night of Shiva — observed on the night when Chaturdashi prevails at Pradosh Kala
Observed with: Fasting · All-night vigil · Rudrabhishek · Shiva puja
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 06:39 – 08:08
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 08:09 – 06:38 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 06:39 – 22:50
- శ్రవణం
- 22:51 – 06:38 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యతీపాత
- 06:39 – 17:48
- వరీయాన్
- 17:49 – 06:38 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:39 – 08:08
- గరజి
- 08:09 – 21:25
- వణిజ
- 21:26 – 06:38 ↗
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
- 06:39 – 06:38 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మాఘం · కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- ఫాల్గుణం · 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 →