Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:33 – 12:08
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 12:09 – 06:33 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శ్రవణం
- 06:33 – 17:18
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 17:19 – 06:33 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధ్రువ
- 06:33 – 10:42
- వ్యాఘాత
- 10:43 – 06:33 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:33 – 12:08
- కౌలవ
- 12:09 – 23:39
- తైతిల
- 23:40 – 06:33 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 06:33 – 05:06 ↗
- కుంభం
- 05:07 – 06:33 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.