Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:07 – 11:18
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 11:19 – 06:07 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 06:07 – 04:08 ↗
- మూల
- 04:09 – 06:07 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 06:07 – 06:50
- సౌభాగ్య
- 06:51 – 06:07 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:07 – 11:18
- కౌలవ
- 11:19 – 23:51
- తైతిల
- 23:52 – 06:07 ↗
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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:07 – 04:08 ↗
- ధనస్సు
- 04:09 – 06:07 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.