Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:37 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 06:37 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 06:37 – 10:22
- సిద్ధి
- 10:23 – 06:37 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:37 – 19:28
- బవ
- 19:29 – 06:37 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:37 – 00:39 ↗
- మీనం
- 00:40 – 06:37 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.