Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:48 – 00:51 ↗
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 00:52 – 06:48 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 06:48 – 14:49
- పునర్వసు
- 14:50 – 06:48 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 06:48 – 16:46
- వైధృతి
- 16:47 – 06:48 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:48 – 13:46
- బవ
- 13:47 – 00:51 ↗
- బాలవ
- 00:52 – 06:48 ↗
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
- 06:48 – 06:48 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.