Gods celebrate Diwali — Tripura Nasini (Shiva destroys Tripura); grand lamp festival at Varanasi ghats
Observed with: River bathing at Varanasi · Diyas on river · Boat puja · Pushkar Fair
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 06:24 – 02:37 ↗
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 02:38 – 06:25 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 06:24 – 04:15 ↗
- భరణి
- 04:16 – 06:25 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యతీపాత
- 06:24 – 23:29
- వరీయాన్
- 23:30 – 06:25 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:24 – 15:52
- తైతిల
- 15:53 – 02:37 ↗
- గరజి
- 02:38 – 06:25 ↗
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
- 06:24 – 06:25 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.