Imperishable auspicious day — new beginnings, charity and gold purchase
Observed with: Gold/silver purchases · Charity · Pitru tarpan
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 05:57 – 21:32
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 21:33 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 05:57 – 15:08
- భరణి
- 15:09 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 05:57 – 07:32
- ప్రీతి
- 07:33 – 04:08 ↗
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 04:09 – 05:57 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కింస్తుఘ్న
- 05:57 – 10:57
- బవ
- 10:58 – 21:32
- బాలవ
- 21:33 – 05:57 ↗
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
- 05:57 – 05:57 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.