Navaratri Day 9 — Worship of Maa Siddhidatri
Observed with: Durga worship · Ayudha puja · Kanya Pujan
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 06:06 – 19:01
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 19:02 – 06:06 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 06:06 – 08:06
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 08:07 – 06:06 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 06:06 – 00:33 ↗
- సుకర్మ
- 00:34 – 06:06 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:06 – 06:39
- కౌలవ
- 06:40 – 19:01
- తైతిల
- 19:02 – 06:06 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:06 – 14:27
- మకరం
- 14:28 – 06:06 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.