Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- కృష్ణ ద్వాదశి
- 05:41 – 19:37
- కృష్ణ త్రయోదశి
- 19:38 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 05:41 – 06:28
- భరణి
- 06:29 – 04:05 ↗
- కృత్తిక
- 04:06 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 05:41 – 21:25
- సుకర్మ
- 21:26 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 05:41 – 09:11
- తైతిల
- 09:12 – 19:37
- గరజి
- 19:38 – 05:41 ↗
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
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.