Worship of Goddess Varalakshmi for wealth and prosperity — observed on the Friday nearest to (and before) Shravana Purnima
Observed with: Lakshmi puja · Kalasha worship · New saree offered
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 05:58 – 05:45 ↗
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 05:46 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- చిత్త
- 05:58 – 05:48 ↗
- స్వాతి
- 05:49 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సాధ్య
- 05:58 – 14:51
- శుభ
- 14:52 – 05:58 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 05:58 – 16:31
- తైతిల
- 16:32 – 05:45 ↗
- గరజి
- 05:46 – 05:58 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 05:58 – 16:18
- తుల
- 16:19 – 05:58 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.