Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:46 – 04:38 ↗
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 04:39 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 06:46 – 17:10
- అశ్విని
- 17:11 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సాధ్య
- 06:46 – 16:53
- శుభ
- 16:54 – 06:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:46 – 16:06
- తైతిల
- 16:07 – 04:38 ↗
- గరజి
- 04:39 – 06:46 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 06:46 – 17:10
- మేషం
- 17:11 – 06:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.