Monthly Shiva worship night — fast and evening puja
Observed with: Night vigil · Shiva puja · Rudrabhishek
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 06:46 – 13:34
- కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి
- 13:35 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 06:46 – 23:57
- మూల
- 23:58 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 06:46 – 16:35
- వృద్ధి
- 16:36 – 06:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:46 – 13:34
- విష్టి
- 13:35 – 00:11 ↗
- శకుని
- 00:12 – 06:46 ↗
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
- 06:46 – 23:57
- ధనస్సు
- 23:58 – 06:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- మార్గశిరం · కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- పుష్యం · కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
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 →