All times are local to your city. Tithi end is not the fast-breaking time.
Vrat day begins at sunrise: 04:59. Puja may be performed according to the interval or observance method below.
Puja, fast & Parana by tradition
General observance; household customs may vary
Festival Tithi
22:30 – 13/07/2026, 18:49
Nishita Puja
23:21 – 13/07/2026, 00:03
Fast · until Parana opens
04:59 – 13/07/2026, 05:00; conclude after worship in the Parana period
Parana
13/07/2026, 05:00 – 13/07/2026, 18:49
Parana tradition
Next sunrise to Chaturdashi end when still prevailing; otherwise start only. Some lineages wait for Tithi end.
Night Puja · Prahar 1
18:24 – 21:03
Night Puja · Prahar 2
21:03 – 23:42
Night Puja · Prahar 3
23:42 – 13/07/2026, 02:21
Night Puja · Prahar 4
13/07/2026, 02:21 – 04:59
Significance
A night of Shiva worship; Magha in Amanta corresponds to Phalguna in Purnimanta for Maha Shivaratri.
Observance / puja method
Take a sankalpa, worship Shiva with water, bilva leaves and prayer, and keep a devotional vigil. Worship may be performed in the four night watches or the displayed Nishita interval. Bathe and conclude the fast the next morning.
Important rules
This view follows the next-morning, before-Chaturdashi-end practice where available with Parana from next sunrise to the Chaturdashi end. If Chaturdashi has already ended, only the morning start is prescribed. Some lineages wait for Chaturdashi to end; keep your chosen lineage consistent.
When Chaturdashi overlaps Nishita on two nights, this calendar chooses the second night, including partial overlap. Some almanacs choose differently. Nishita rule reference
Times follow the selected city’s IANA historical timezone; dates use the Gregorian calendar. The Panchang day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise. Values below begin at sunrise; every change is shown with its end time.
City reference points: existing Avyani locations and GeoNames data (CC BY 4.0). No GPS is used. GeoNames
Supported dates for the installed ephemeris: 01/04/1550 – 31/08/2649
Yamaganda and daytime Gulika divide the existing sunrise-to-sunset interval into eight equal parts. Their weekday slots follow the usual Panchang convention. These are general daily windows, not a personal Muhurta recommendation.
Daily Moonrise/Moonset and relevant Vrat Moonrise reuse the existing ritual disc-centre convention without refraction. See Moon & Sun for the reference instant and horizon assumptions.
Brahma Muhurta uses the fourteenth of fifteen equal parts of the preceding sunset-to-sunrise night. Pradosh retains Avyani’s first fifth of the night; Nishita is its central fifteenth. These are declared conventions, not a claim that all traditions define them identically.
Durmuhurta uses weekday fifteenths of daylight; Tuesday also includes the seventh fifteenth of the night. Bhadra is the full Vishti Karana interval, without residence, face or tail subdivisions. Choghadiya divides day and night into eight parts each; Hora into twelve each. This daily Hora convention does not alter Kundali’s existing Hora calculation. Amrit in Choghadiya is a traditional slot name, not Nakshatra-based Amrit Kaal.
