Most sacred bathing day of Magha mela — charity and fast
Observed with: Sangam snan · Charity · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:37 – 18:06
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 18:07 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 06:37 – 13:17
- పుష్యమి
- 13:18 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సౌభాగ్య
- 06:37 – 03:09 ↗
- శోభన
- 03:10 – 06:37 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:37 – 18:06
- కౌలవ
- 18:07 – 05:48 ↗
- తైతిల
- 05:49 – 06:37 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 06:37 – 07:10
- కర్కాటకం
- 07:11 – 06:37 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.