Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 05:44 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆశ్లేష
- 05:44 – 15:25
- మఘ
- 15:26 – 05:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 05:44 – 07:41
- ధ్రువ
- 07:42 – 05:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:44 – 17:17
- బవ
- 17:18 – 05:43 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:44 – 15:25
- సింహం
- 15:26 – 05:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.