Monthly Shukla Shashthi worship of Lord Murugan (Skanda/Kartikeya). The principal Skanda Sashti is Kartika Shukla Shashthi (Kanda Sashti).
Observed with: Murugan puja · Vel worship
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:49 – 08:05
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 08:06 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:49 – 05:17 ↗
- శతభిష
- 05:18 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధి
- 06:49 – 20:23
- వ్యతీపాత
- 20:24 – 06:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:49 – 08:05
- తైతిల
- 08:06 – 19:50
- గరజి
- 19:51 – 06:49 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 06:49 – 17:06
- కుంభం
- 17:07 – 06:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.