Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing
Observed with: Satyanarayan Puja · River bathing · Lamp offering
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:05 – 22:18
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 22:19 – 06:05 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 06:05 – 11:31
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 11:32 – 06:05 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 06:05 – 13:17
- వృద్ధి
- 13:18 – 06:05 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:05 – 10:47
- బవ
- 10:48 – 22:18
- బాలవ
- 22:19 – 06:05 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 06:05 – 06:05 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.