Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:10 – 03:40 ↗
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 03:41 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 06:10 – 19:29
- పునర్వసు
- 19:30 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 06:10 – 16:56
- అతిగండ
- 16:57 – 06:09 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:10 – 15:51
- బవ
- 15:52 – 03:40 ↗
- బాలవ
- 03:41 – 06:09 ↗
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
- 06:10 – 06:09 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.