Day to honour spiritual and academic teachers; Vyasa Puja
Observed with: Guru worship · Guru Dakshina · Prayers
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 05:50 – 18:48
- పూర్ణిమ
- 18:49 – 05:50 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మూల
- 05:50 – 08:21
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 08:22 – 05:50 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 05:50 – 14:22
- వైధృతి
- 14:23 – 05:50 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:50 – 18:48
- విష్టి
- 18:49 – 05:50 ↗
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
- 05:50 – 05:50 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.