Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 05:53 – 09:32
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 09:33 – 05:54 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 05:53 – 12:37
- చిత్త
- 12:38 – 05:54 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధ
- 05:53 – 23:43
- సాధ్య
- 23:44 – 05:54 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:53 – 09:32
- గరజి
- 09:33 – 20:20
- వణిజ
- 20:21 – 05:54 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 05:53 – 23:49
- తుల
- 23:50 – 05:54 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.