Gods celebrate Diwali — Tripura Nasini (Shiva destroys Tripura); grand lamp festival at Varanasi ghats
Observed with: River bathing at Varanasi · Diyas on river · Boat puja · Pushkar Fair
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:27 – 14:46
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 14:47 – 06:28 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- కృత్తిక
- 06:27 – 13:35
- రోహిణి
- 13:36 – 06:28 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శివ
- 06:27 – 23:38
- సిద్ధ
- 23:39 – 06:28 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:27 – 14:46
- బాలవ
- 14:47 – 02:22 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 02:23 – 06:28 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 06:27 – 06:28 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.