Full moon of Chaitra — Chitragupta worship
- పూర్ణిమ
- 05:57 – 16:42
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 16:43 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- చిత్త
- 05:57 – 19:29
- స్వాతి
- 19:30 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 05:57 – 11:32
- వజ్ర
- 11:33 – 05:57 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:57 – 06:01
- బవ
- 06:02 – 16:42
- బాలవ
- 16:43 – 03:28 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 03:29 – 05:57 ↗
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
- 05:57 – 08:25
- తుల
- 08:26 – 05:57 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.