Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 05:45 – 18:51
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 18:52 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తర
- 05:45 – 19:30
- హస్త
- 19:31 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 05:45 – 17:51
- వజ్ర
- 17:52 – 05:45 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:45 – 07:17
- విష్టి
- 07:18 – 18:51
- బవ
- 18:52 – 05:45 ↗
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
- 05:45 – 05:45 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.