Festival celebrating the brother-sister bond
Observed with: Rakhi tying · Sister's prayers for brother · Gift exchange
- పూర్ణిమ
- 05:59 – 12:58
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 12:59 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 05:59 – 02:31 ↗
- శతభిష
- 02:32 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 05:59 – 01:36 ↗
- అతిగండ
- 01:37 – 05:59 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:59 – 12:58
- బాలవ
- 12:59 – 02:09 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 02:10 – 05:59 ↗
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
- 05:59 – 13:04
- కుంభం
- 13:05 – 05:59 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.