Day to honour spiritual and academic teachers; Vyasa Puja
Observed with: Guru worship · Guru Dakshina · Prayers
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 05:45 – 23:07
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 23:08 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అనురాధ
- 05:45 – 15:04
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 15:05 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుభ
- 05:45 – 22:44
- శుక్ల
- 22:45 – 05:45 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 05:45 – 12:17
- తైతిల
- 12:18 – 23:07
- గరజి
- 23:08 – 05:45 ↗
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
- 05:45 – 05:45 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.