Regional variant: some communities observe Karva Chauth in Kartika Shukla
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 06:21 – 11:03
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 11:04 – 06:22 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 06:21 – 01:17 ↗
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 01:18 – 06:22 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 06:21 – 07:36
- శూల
- 07:37 – 05:01 ↗
- గండ
- 05:02 – 06:22 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:21 – 11:03
- బవ
- 11:04 – 22:12
- బాలవ
- 22:13 – 06:22 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:21 – 06:22 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.