Vishnu turns sides in cosmic sleep (Parsva Parivartana)
Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:03 – 19:58
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 19:59 – 06:03 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- స్వాతి
- 06:03 – 15:30
- విశాఖ
- 15:31 – 06:03 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 06:03 – 00:04 ↗
- వైధృతి
- 00:05 – 06:03 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:03 – 06:50
- బాలవ
- 06:51 – 19:58
- కౌలవ
- 19:59 – 06:03 ↗
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
- 06:03 – 06:03 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.