Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 05:52 – 16:01
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 16:02 – 05:51 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:52 – 09:53
- ఆశ్లేష
- 09:54 – 05:51 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 05:52 – 09:38
- గండ
- 09:39 – 05:51 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:52 – 16:01
- బాలవ
- 16:02 – 05:13 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 05:14 – 05:51 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:52 – 05:51 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.