Full moon of Chaitra — Chitragupta worship
- పూర్ణిమ
- 05:59 – 00:24 ↗
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 00:25 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 05:59 – 08:39
- చిత్త
- 08:40 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 05:59 – 02:44 ↗
- వజ్ర
- 02:45 – 05:59 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:59 – 13:28
- బవ
- 13:29 – 00:24 ↗
- బాలవ
- 00:25 – 05:59 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 05:59 – 20:01
- తుల
- 20:02 – 05:59 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.