Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 05:40 – 02:16 ↗
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 02:17 – 05:40 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 05:40 – 05:40 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధి
- 05:40 – 09:13
- వ్యతీపాత
- 09:14 – 05:40 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:40 – 13:03
- గరజి
- 13:04 – 02:16 ↗
- వణిజ
- 02:17 – 05:40 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 05:40 – 05:40 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.