Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing
Observed with: Satyanarayan Puja · River bathing · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 05:41 – 03:20 ↗
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 03:21 – 05:42 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- విశాఖ
- 05:41 – 19:43
- అనురాధ
- 19:44 – 05:42 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శివ
- 05:41 – 06:08
- సిద్ధ
- 06:09 – 05:42 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 05:41 – 14:52
- తైతిల
- 14:53 – 03:20 ↗
- గరజి
- 03:21 – 05:42 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 05:41 – 13:21
- వృశ్చికం
- 13:22 – 05:42 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.