Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing
Observed with: Satyanarayan Puja · River bathing · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 06:37 – 19:40
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 19:41 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- భరణి
- 06:37 – 07:50
- కృత్తిక
- 07:51 – 05:47 ↗
- రోహిణి
- 05:48 – 06:37 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శివ
- 06:37 – 11:53
- సిద్ధ
- 11:54 – 06:37 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:37 – 09:03
- తైతిల
- 09:04 – 19:40
- గరజి
- 19:41 – 06:18 ↗
- వణిజ
- 06:19 – 06:37 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 06:37 – 13:19
- వృషభం
- 13:20 – 06:37 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.