Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 05:58 – 20:32
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 20:33 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 05:58 – 02:34 ↗
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 02:35 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 05:58 – 19:18
- అతిగండ
- 19:19 – 05:58 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:58 – 07:21
- బాలవ
- 07:22 – 20:32
- కౌలవ
- 20:33 – 05:58 ↗
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
- 05:58 – 13:09
- మిథునం
- 13:10 – 05:58 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.