Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 06:37 – 16:48
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 16:49 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శ్రవణం
- 06:37 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధ్రువ
- 06:37 – 12:14
- వ్యాఘాత
- 12:15 – 06:37 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:37 – 16:48
- బవ
- 16:49 – 06:04 ↗
- బాలవ
- 06:05 – 06:37 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 06:37 – 06:37 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.