Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 05:55 – 15:18
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 15:19 – 05:54 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 05:55 – 11:16
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 11:17 – 05:54 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 05:55 – 19:12
- సుకర్మ
- 19:13 – 05:54 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:55 – 15:18
- కౌలవ
- 15:19 – 03:20 ↗
- తైతిల
- 03:21 – 05:54 ↗
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
- 05:55 – 05:54 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.