Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing
Observed with: Satyanarayan Puja · River bathing · Lamp offering
- పూర్ణిమ
- 05:40 – 09:11
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 09:12 – 05:40 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 05:40 – 03:23 ↗
- మూల
- 03:24 – 05:40 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధ
- 05:40 – 11:58
- సాధ్య
- 11:59 – 05:40 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:40 – 09:11
- బాలవ
- 09:12 – 19:58
- కౌలవ
- 19:59 – 05:40 ↗
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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 05:40 – 03:23 ↗
- ధనస్సు
- 03:24 – 05:40 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.