Monthly Shukla Shashthi worship of Lord Murugan (Skanda/Kartikeya). The principal Skanda Sashti is Kartika Shukla Shashthi (Kanda Sashti).
Observed with: Murugan puja · Vel worship
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 06:47 – 14:35
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 14:36 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శ్రవణం
- 06:47 – 08:46
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 08:47 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 06:47 – 18:14
- సిద్ధి
- 18:15 – 06:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:47 – 14:35
- వణిజ
- 14:36 – 01:27 ↗
- విష్టి
- 01:28 – 06:47 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 06:47 – 19:53
- కుంభం
- 19:54 – 06:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.