Most sacred bathing day of Magha mela — charity and fast
Observed with: Sangam snan · Charity · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 06:46 – 18:31
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 18:32 – 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.
- పునర్వసు
- 06:46 – 00:01 ↗
- పుష్యమి
- 00:02 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ప్రీతి
- 06:46 – 22:30
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 22:31 – 06:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:46 – 07:33
- తైతిల
- 07:34 – 18:31
- గరజి
- 18:32 – 05:21 ↗
- వణిజ
- 05:22 – 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.
- మిథునం
- 06:46 – 18:24
- కర్కాటకం
- 18:25 – 06:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.