Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 06:35 – 08:46
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 08:47 – 06:35 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మూల
- 06:35 – 23:57
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 23:58 – 06:35 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:35 – 09:24
- గండ
- 09:25 – 06:35 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:35 – 08:46
- బాలవ
- 08:47 – 22:03
- కౌలవ
- 22:04 – 06:35 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:35 – 06:35 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.