Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 06:08 – 12:32
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 12:33 – 06:08 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 06:08 – 05:41 ↗
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 05:42 – 06:08 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 06:08 – 04:36 ↗
- సుకర్మ
- 04:37 – 06:08 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:08 – 12:32
- విష్టి
- 12:33 – 00:25 ↗
- బవ
- 00:26 – 06:08 ↗
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
- 06:08 – 06:08 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.