Full harvest moon — Goddess Lakshmi descends; Kheer left in moonlight
Observed with: Moonlight kheer offering · River bathing
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 06:09 – 00:19 ↗
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 00:20 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 06:09 – 22:08
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 22:09 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 06:09 – 14:13
- ధ్రువ
- 14:14 – 06:09 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:09 – 14:03
- తైతిల
- 14:04 – 00:19 ↗
- గరజి
- 00:20 – 06:09 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:09 – 16:49
- మీనం
- 16:50 – 06:09 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.