Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:43 – 10:13
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 10:14 – 06:42 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 06:43 – 09:26
- భరణి
- 09:27 – 06:42 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుక్ల
- 06:43 – 17:22
- బ్రహ్మ
- 17:23 – 06:42 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:43 – 10:13
- గరజి
- 10:14 – 21:29
- వణిజ
- 21:30 – 06:42 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 06:43 – 06:42 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.