Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:49 – 00:24 ↗
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 00:25 – 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.
- మృగశిర
- 06:49 – 01:55 ↗
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 01:56 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 06:49 – 22:28
- వైధృతి
- 22:29 – 06:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:49 – 11:46
- బాలవ
- 11:47 – 00:24 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 00:25 – 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.
- వృషభం
- 06:49 – 13:03
- మిథునం
- 13:04 – 06:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.