Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 06:39 – 15:42
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 15:43 – 06:39 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రోహిణి
- 06:39 – 08:43
- మృగశిర
- 08:44 – 06:39 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:39 – 05:34 ↗
- ప్రీతి
- 05:35 – 06:39 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:39 – 15:42
- తైతిల
- 15:43 – 04:34 ↗
- గరజి
- 04:35 – 06:39 ↗
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
- 06:39 – 21:55
- మిథునం
- 21:56 – 06:39 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.