Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 06:31 – 23:46
- అమావాస్య
- 23:47 – 06:32 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- విశాఖ
- 06:31 – 18:33
- అనురాధ
- 18:34 – 06:32 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 06:31 – 15:59
- సుకర్మ
- 16:00 – 06:32 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:31 – 13:31
- శకుని
- 13:32 – 23:46
- చతుష్పాద
- 23:47 – 06:32 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 06:31 – 13:14
- వృశ్చికం
- 13:15 – 06:32 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- కార్తీకం · కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- మార్గశిరం · 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 →