Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing
Observed with: Satyanarayan Puja · River bathing · Lamp offering
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:04 – 10:02
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 10:03 – 06:04 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 06:04 – 22:55
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 22:56 – 06:04 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:04 – 21:25
- గండ
- 21:26 – 06:04 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:04 – 10:02
- బాలవ
- 10:03 – 23:14
- కౌలవ
- 23:15 – 06:04 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:04 – 16:12
- మీనం
- 16:13 – 06:04 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.