Most sacred bathing day of Magha mela — charity and fast
Observed with: Sangam snan · Charity · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:45 – 11:29
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 11:30 – 06:45 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 06:45 – 12:13
- పునర్వసు
- 12:14 – 06:45 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:45 – 08:39
- ప్రీతి
- 08:40 – 05:41 ↗
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 05:42 – 06:45 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:45 – 11:29
- కౌలవ
- 11:30 – 22:24
- తైతిల
- 22:25 – 06:45 ↗
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
- 06:45 – 05:08 ↗
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:09 – 06:45 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.