Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:07 – 10:48
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 10:49 – 06:07 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- స్వాతి
- 06:07 – 18:59
- విశాఖ
- 19:00 – 06:07 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:07 – 22:03
- ప్రీతి
- 22:04 – 06:07 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:07 – 10:48
- తైతిల
- 10:49 – 21:18
- గరజి
- 21:19 – 06:07 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 06:07 – 06:07 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.