Churning of the milk ocean; Vishnu rises from yoga nidra — Tulasi-Damodara puja with lamps
Observed with: Tulasi puja with lamps · Usiri (amla) branch placed with Tulasi
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:27 – 06:27 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 06:27 – 21:21
- అశ్విని
- 21:22 – 06:27 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధి
- 06:27 – 07:35
- వ్యతీపాత
- 07:36 – 06:27 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:27 – 18:28
- బాలవ
- 18:29 – 06:27 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 06:27 – 21:21
- మేషం
- 21:22 – 06:27 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.