Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:18 – 18:21
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 18:22 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 06:18 – 14:08
- అశ్విని
- 14:09 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 06:18 – 03:42 ↗
- వైధృతి
- 03:43 – 06:17 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:18 – 07:16
- కౌలవ
- 07:17 – 18:21
- తైతిల
- 18:22 – 05:35 ↗
- గరజి
- 05:36 – 06:17 ↗
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
- 06:18 – 14:08
- మేషం
- 14:09 – 06:17 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.