Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 05:44 – 04:19 ↗
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 04:20 – 05:44 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:44 – 13:05
- ఆశ్లేష
- 13:06 – 05:44 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 05:44 – 07:25
- వృద్ధి
- 07:26 – 05:44 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:44 – 15:30
- వణిజ
- 15:31 – 04:19 ↗
- విష్టి
- 04:20 – 05:44 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:44 – 05:44 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.