Bonfire night — burning of demoness Holika; triumph of devotion over evil
Observed with: Bonfire · Pradakshina (circumambulation) · Prayers
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:15 – 08:21
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 08:22 – 06:11 ↗
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 06:12 – 06:14 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మఘ
- 06:15 – 21:39
- పుబ్బ
- 21:40 – 06:14 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 06:15 – 07:46
- శూల
- 07:47 – 04:53 ↗
- గండ
- 04:54 – 06:14 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:15 – 08:21
- కౌలవ
- 08:22 – 19:21
- తైతిల
- 19:22 – 06:11 ↗
- గరజి
- 06:12 – 06:14 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 06:15 – 06:14 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.