Festival celebrating the brother-sister bond
Observed with: Rakhi tying · Sister's prayers for brother · Gift exchange
- పూర్ణిమ
- 05:59 – 14:56
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 14:57 – 06:00 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 05:59 – 23:21
- శతభిష
- 23:22 – 06:00 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 05:59 – 19:58
- అతిగండ
- 19:59 – 06:00 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:59 – 14:56
- బాలవ
- 14:57 – 02:01 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 02:02 – 06:00 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 05:59 – 11:52
- కుంభం
- 11:53 – 06:00 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.