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 ఏకాదశి
- 05:59 – 09:40
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 09:41 – 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.
- మూల
- 05:59 – 12:43
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 12:44 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 05:59 – 13:11
- ప్రీతి
- 13:12 – 05:59 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:59 – 09:40
- బవ
- 09:41 – 20:58
- బాలవ
- 20:59 – 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.
- ధనస్సు
- 05:59 – 05:59 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.