Birth, Enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana of Gautama Buddha
Observed with: Meditation · Dana (charity) · Dhamma teachings
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 05:50 – 06:17
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 06:18 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 05:50 – 06:27
- చిత్త
- 06:28 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 05:50 – 23:40
- సిద్ధి
- 23:41 – 05:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:50 – 06:17
- గరజి
- 06:18 – 19:11
- వణిజ
- 19:12 – 05:49 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 05:50 – 19:38
- తుల
- 19:39 – 05:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.