Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship
- కృష్ణ అష్టమి
- 05:57 – 03:52 ↗
- కృష్ణ నవమి
- 03:53 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- భరణి
- 05:57 – 01:32 ↗
- కృత్తిక
- 01:33 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 05:57 – 16:41
- వృద్ధి
- 16:42 – 05:57 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:57 – 15:58
- కౌలవ
- 15:59 – 03:52 ↗
- తైతిల
- 03:53 – 05:57 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 05:57 – 05:57 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.