Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship
- కృష్ణ తదియ
- 05:56 – 12:45
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 12:46 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శతభిష
- 05:56 – 07:08
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 07:09 – 04:44 ↗
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 04:45 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 05:56 – 06:13
- అతిగండ
- 06:14 – 02:29 ↗
- సుకర్మ
- 02:30 – 05:56 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:56 – 12:45
- బవ
- 12:46 – 23:09
- బాలవ
- 23:10 – 05:56 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 05:56 – 23:17
- మీనం
- 23:18 – 05:56 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.