Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 06:39 – 14:26
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 14:27 – 06:39 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 06:39 – 14:30
- భరణి
- 14:31 – 06:39 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- పరిఘ
- 06:39 – 12:12
- శివ
- 12:13 – 06:39 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:39 – 14:26
- బవ
- 14:27 – 02:54 ↗
- బాలవ
- 02:55 – 06:39 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 06:39 – 06:39 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.