Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 05:51 – 04:30 ↗
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 04:31 – 05:51 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:51 – 07:58
- ఆశ్లేష
- 07:59 – 05:51 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 05:51 – 10:25
- సిద్ధి
- 10:26 – 05:51 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:51 – 15:19
- కౌలవ
- 15:20 – 04:30 ↗
- తైతిల
- 04:31 – 05:51 ↗
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
- 05:51 – 05:51 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.