Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:31 – 13:09
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 13:10 – 06:32 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మూల
- 06:31 – 16:41
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 16:42 – 06:32 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:31 – 15:07
- గండ
- 15:08 – 06:32 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:31 – 13:09
- తైతిల
- 13:10 – 01:13 ↗
- గరజి
- 01:14 – 06:32 ↗
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
- 06:31 – 06:32 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.