Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 06:48 – 12:46
- పూర్ణిమ
- 12:47 – 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.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 06:48 – 04:52 ↗
- పునర్వసు
- 04:53 – 06:48 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 06:48 – 10:18
- ఇంద్ర
- 10:19 – 06:48 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:48 – 12:46
- విష్టి
- 12:47 – 00:57 ↗
- బవ
- 00:58 – 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.
- మిథునం
- 06:48 – 06:48 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.