Most sacred bathing day of Magha mela — charity and fast
Observed with: Sangam snan · Charity · Lamp offering
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:38 – 18:00
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 18:01 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మఘ
- 06:38 – 22:20
- పుబ్బ
- 22:21 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 06:38 – 13:34
- సుకర్మ
- 13:35 – 06:37 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:38 – 18:00
- బాలవ
- 18:01 – 06:37 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 06:38 – 06:37 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.