Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 06:43 – 01:54 ↗
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 01:55 – 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.
- అశ్విని
- 06:43 – 07:36
- భరణి
- 07:37 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శివ
- 06:43 – 14:36
- సిద్ధ
- 14:37 – 06:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:43 – 12:37
- విష్టి
- 12:38 – 01:54 ↗
- బవ
- 01:55 – 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.
- మేషం
- 06:43 – 06:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.