Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:39 – 17:33
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 17:34 – 06:39 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:39 – 02:54 ↗
- శతభిష
- 02:55 – 06:39 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 06:39 – 00:35 ↗
- వజ్ర
- 00:36 – 06:39 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:39 – 06:46
- బాలవ
- 06:47 – 17:33
- కౌలవ
- 17:34 – 04:22 ↗
- తైతిల
- 04:23 – 06:39 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 06:39 – 15:44
- కుంభం
- 15:45 – 06:39 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.