Day to honour spiritual and academic teachers; Vyasa Puja
Observed with: Guru worship · Guru Dakshina · Prayers
- పూర్ణిమ
- 05:51 – 04:26 ↗
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 04:27 – 05:51 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 05:51 – 15:47
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 15:48 – 05:51 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 05:51 – 16:13
- విష్కంభ
- 16:14 – 05:51 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:51 – 16:37
- బవ
- 16:38 – 04:26 ↗
- బాలవ
- 04:27 – 05:51 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 05:51 – 21:54
- మకరం
- 21:55 – 05:51 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.