Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 05:41 – 05:20 ↗
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 05:21 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:41 – 17:53
- ఆశ్లేష
- 17:54 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 05:41 – 18:07
- ధ్రువ
- 18:08 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 05:41 – 16:09
- తైతిల
- 16:10 – 05:20 ↗
- గరజి
- 05:21 – 05:41 ↗
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
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.