Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 05:48 – 10:01
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 10:02 – 05:47 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 05:48 – 06:16
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 06:17 – 05:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 05:48 – 18:06
- ధృతి
- 18:07 – 05:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:48 – 10:01
- బవ
- 10:02 – 23:17
- బాలవ
- 23:18 – 05:47 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 05:48 – 05:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.