Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing
Observed with: Satyanarayan Puja · River bathing · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 05:41 – 12:48
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 12:49 – 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.
- స్వాతి
- 05:41 – 06:53
- విశాఖ
- 06:54 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- పరిఘ
- 05:41 – 17:09
- శివ
- 17:10 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:41 – 12:48
- గరజి
- 12:49 – 00:07 ↗
- వణిజ
- 00:08 – 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.
- తుల
- 05:41 – 00:29 ↗
- వృశ్చికం
- 00:30 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.