Worship of Goddess Varalakshmi for wealth and prosperity — observed on the Friday nearest to (and before) Shravana Purnima
Observed with: Lakshmi puja · Kalasha worship · New saree offered
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 05:58 – 05:21 ↗
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 05:22 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మూల
- 05:58 – 14:18
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 14:19 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 05:58 – 21:29
- ప్రీతి
- 21:30 – 05:58 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:58 – 16:08
- బాలవ
- 16:09 – 05:21 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 05:22 – 05:58 ↗
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
- 05:58 – 05:58 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.