Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 06:47 – 21:19
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 21:20 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- కృత్తిక
- 06:47 – 00:52 ↗
- రోహిణి
- 00:53 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 06:47 – 06:13 ↗
- ఇంద్ర
- 06:14 – 06:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:47 – 08:47
- కౌలవ
- 08:48 – 21:19
- తైతిల
- 21:20 – 06:47 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 06:47 – 06:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.