Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 05:41 – 00:32 ↗
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 00:33 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 05:41 – 07:28
- పుష్యమి
- 07:29 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 05:41 – 02:20 ↗
- ధ్రువ
- 02:21 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:41 – 12:54
- బాలవ
- 12:55 – 00:32 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 00:33 – 05:41 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.