Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 05:42 – 15:10
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 15:11 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:42 – 01:21 ↗
- ఆశ్లేష
- 01:22 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యాఘాత
- 05:42 – 02:34 ↗
- హర్షణ
- 02:35 – 05:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:42 – 15:10
- వణిజ
- 15:11 – 04:17 ↗
- విష్టి
- 04:18 – 05:43 ↗
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
- 05:42 – 05:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.