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 prevails at Nisitha (midnight). Rohini nakshatra not concurrent; Ashtami-at-midnight overrides.

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