Sharad Navaratri Day 1 — Worship of Maa Shailputri; Kalash installation
Observed with: Kalash sthapana · Fasting begins · Akhand Jyot
- అమావాస్య
- 06:09 – 01:01 ↗
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 01:02 – 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.
- హస్త
- 06:09 – 14:58
- చిత్త
- 14:59 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 06:09 – 01:46 ↗
- విష్కంభ
- 01:47 – 06:09 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- చతుష్పాద
- 06:09 – 14:57
- నాగ
- 14:58 – 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.
- కన్య
- 06:09 – 01:25 ↗
- తుల
- 01:26 – 06:09 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.