Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 06:42 – 20:39
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 20:40 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 06:42 – 04:33 ↗
- అశ్విని
- 04:34 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 06:42 – 12:49
- పరిఘ
- 12:50 – 06:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:42 – 07:24
- కౌలవ
- 07:25 – 20:39
- తైతిల
- 20:40 – 06:43 ↗
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
- 06:42 – 04:33 ↗
- మేషం
- 04:34 – 06:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.