Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 06:49 – 21:50
- పూర్ణిమ
- 21:51 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 06:49 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 06:49 – 07:39
- విష్కంభ
- 07:40 – 06:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:49 – 09:12
- వణిజ
- 09:13 – 21:50
- విష్టి
- 21:51 – 06:49 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 06:49 – 01:47 ↗
- కర్కాటకం
- 01:48 – 06:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.