Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 06:00 – 12:12
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 12:13 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 06:00 – 03:05 ↗
- పుష్యమి
- 03:06 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 06:00 – 23:08
- ధృతి
- 23:09 – 05:59 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:00 – 12:12
- విష్టి
- 12:13 – 00:43 ↗
- బవ
- 00:44 – 05:59 ↗
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
- 06:00 – 20:39
- కర్కాటకం
- 20:40 – 05:59 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.