Imperishable auspicious day — new beginnings, charity and gold purchase
Observed with: Gold/silver purchases · Charity · Pitru tarpan
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 05:57 – 10:49
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 10:50 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- భరణి
- 05:57 – 07:09
- కృత్తిక
- 07:10 – 04:35 ↗
- రోహిణి
- 04:36 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 05:57 – 20:01
- సౌభాగ్య
- 20:02 – 05:57 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 05:57 – 10:49
- తైతిల
- 10:50 – 21:08
- గరజి
- 21:09 – 05:57 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 05:57 – 12:31
- వృషభం
- 12:32 – 05:57 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.