Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 06:24 – 14:47
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 14:48 – 06:24 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అనురాధ
- 06:24 – 13:55
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 13:56 – 06:24 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 06:24 – 10:43
- సుకర్మ
- 10:44 – 06:24 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:24 – 14:47
- బాలవ
- 14:48 – 04:00 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 04:01 – 06:24 ↗
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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:24 – 06:24 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.