Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 05:51 – 15:12
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 15:13 – 05:50 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 05:51 – 02:02 ↗
- పుష్యమి
- 02:03 – 05:50 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 05:51 – 21:48
- శూల
- 21:49 – 05:50 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:51 – 15:12
- గరజి
- 15:13 – 03:00 ↗
- వణిజ
- 03:01 – 05:50 ↗
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
- 05:51 – 19:58
- కర్కాటకం
- 19:59 – 05:50 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.