Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 06:47 – 11:58
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 11:59 – 06:48 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 06:47 – 03:53 ↗
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 03:54 – 06:48 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుక్ల
- 06:47 – 10:49
- బ్రహ్మ
- 10:50 – 06:48 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:47 – 11:58
- గరజి
- 11:59 – 00:27 ↗
- వణిజ
- 00:28 – 06:48 ↗
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 – 15:11
- మిథునం
- 15:12 – 06:48 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.