Day to honour spiritual and academic teachers; Vyasa Puja
Observed with: Guru worship · Guru Dakshina · Prayers
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 05:53 – 13:58
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 13:59 – 05:53 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 05:53 – 07:34
- మూల
- 07:35 – 05:53 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 05:53 – 22:04
- వైధృతి
- 22:05 – 05:53 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:53 – 13:58
- కౌలవ
- 13:59 – 03:08 ↗
- తైతిల
- 03:09 – 05:53 ↗
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
- 05:53 – 07:34
- ధనస్సు
- 07:35 – 05:53 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.