Arrival of spring — Goddess Saraswati worship; yellow-clad celebrations
Observed with: Saraswati puja · Yellow clothes worn · Books/instruments worshipped · Kite flying in Punjab
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 06:44 – 14:42
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 14:43 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 06:44 – 12:35
- రేవతి
- 12:36 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సాధ్య
- 06:44 – 23:04
- శుభ
- 23:05 – 06:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:44 – 14:42
- బవ
- 14:43 – 01:22 ↗
- బాలవ
- 01:23 – 06:43 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 06:44 – 06:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.