Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 05:41 – 18:30
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 18:31 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 05:41 – 14:31
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 14:32 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 05:41 – 08:38
- గండ
- 08:39 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:41 – 18:30
- బాలవ
- 18:31 – 05:41 ↗
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
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.