Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 05:43 – 12:33
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 12:34 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:43 – 14:55
- ఆశ్లేష
- 14:56 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 05:43 – 02:16 ↗
- ధ్రువ
- 02:17 – 05:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:43 – 12:33
- గరజి
- 12:34 – 00:47 ↗
- వణిజ
- 00:48 – 05:43 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:43 – 05:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.