Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing
Observed with: Satyanarayan Puja · River bathing · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 05:40 – 09:05
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 09:06 – 05:40 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- స్వాతి
- 05:40 – 20:43
- విశాఖ
- 20:44 – 05:40 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 05:40 – 06:21
- పరిఘ
- 06:22 – 02:50 ↗
- శివ
- 02:51 – 05:40 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:40 – 09:05
- కౌలవ
- 09:06 – 19:35
- తైతిల
- 19:36 – 05:40 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 05:40 – 05:40 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.