Most sacred bathing day of Magha mela — charity and fast
Observed with: Sangam snan · Charity · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 06:40 – 11:14
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 11:15 – 06:40 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 06:40 – 18:35
- ఆశ్లేష
- 18:36 – 06:40 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సౌభాగ్య
- 06:40 – 18:58
- శోభన
- 18:59 – 06:40 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:40 – 11:14
- గరజి
- 11:15 – 21:37
- వణిజ
- 21:38 – 06:40 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 06:40 – 06:40 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.