Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing
Observed with: Satyanarayan Puja · River bathing · Lamp offering
- పూర్ణిమ
- 05:43 – 00:09 ↗
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 00:10 – 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.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 05:43 – 09:11
- మూల
- 09:12 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుభ
- 05:43 – 06:06
- శుక్ల
- 06:07 – 02:16 ↗
- బ్రహ్మ
- 02:17 – 05:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:43 – 13:50
- బవ
- 13:51 – 00:09 ↗
- బాలవ
- 00:10 – 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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 05:43 – 09:11
- ధనస్సు
- 09:12 – 05:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.