Bonfire night — burning of demoness Holika; triumph of devotion over evil
Observed with: Bonfire · Pradakshina (circumambulation) · Prayers
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 06:22 – 13:30
- పూర్ణిమ
- 13:31 – 06:22 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుబ్బ
- 06:22 – 00:34 ↗
- ఉత్తర
- 00:35 – 06:22 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:22 – 01:08 ↗
- గండ
- 01:09 – 06:22 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:22 – 13:30
- విష్టి
- 13:31 – 01:12 ↗
- బవ
- 01:13 – 06:22 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 06:22 – 06:22 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.