Today’s festivals

Monday fast in the sacred month of Shravana — Lord Shiva worship; Sawan Somvar

• Shiva puja
• Milk abhishek
• Bilva offering
• Rudrashtakam recitation

Birth of Lord Krishna — Vaishnava tradition: Ashtami + Rohini nakshatra prevail at Nisitha (midnight). Most auspicious Janmashtami — the ideal Smarta-Vaishnava conjunction.

• Midnight puja at temples
• Fasting until midnight
• Abhishek at Nisitha
• Bhajan until sunrise