Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:47 – 10:33
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 10:34 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రోహిణి
- 06:47 – 02:20 ↗
- మృగశిర
- 02:21 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుభ
- 06:47 – 10:52
- శుక్ల
- 10:53 – 06:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:47 – 10:33
- కౌలవ
- 10:34 – 23:20
- తైతిల
- 23:21 – 06:47 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 06:47 – 06:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.