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 సప్తమి
- 05:58 – 07:55
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 07:56 – 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.
- స్వాతి
- 05:58 – 08:33
- విశాఖ
- 08:34 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుక్ల
- 05:58 – 16:25
- బ్రహ్మ
- 16:26 – 05:58 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:58 – 07:55
- విష్టి
- 07:56 – 20:48
- బవ
- 20:49 – 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.
- తుల
- 05:58 – 04:15 ↗
- వృశ్చికం
- 04:16 – 05:58 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.