Six-day fast culminating in Lord Murugan's victory over demon Soorapadman (Soorasamharam)
Observed with: 6-day fast · Kavadi · Vel worship · Soorasamharam re-enactment
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:23 – 21:59
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 22:00 – 06:23 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 06:23 – 09:38
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 09:39 – 06:23 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:23 – 09:58
- గండ
- 09:59 – 06:23 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:23 – 10:32
- బాలవ
- 10:33 – 21:59
- కౌలవ
- 22:00 – 06:23 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:23 – 15:30
- మకరం
- 15:31 – 06:23 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.