Day to honour spiritual and academic teachers; Vyasa Puja
Observed with: Guru worship · Guru Dakshina · Prayers
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 05:52 – 13:33
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 13:34 – 05:52 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మూల
- 05:52 – 16:25
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 16:26 – 05:52 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 05:52 – 12:45
- వైధృతి
- 12:46 – 05:52 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:52 – 13:33
- గరజి
- 13:34 – 00:07 ↗
- వణిజ
- 00:08 – 05:52 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 05:52 – 05:52 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.