Most sacred bathing day of Magha mela — charity and fast
Observed with: Sangam snan · Charity · Lamp offering
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:44 – 19:23
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 19:24 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆశ్లేష
- 06:44 – 19:35
- మఘ
- 19:36 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సౌభాగ్య
- 06:44 – 08:06
- శోభన
- 08:07 – 06:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:44 – 07:05
- బవ
- 07:06 – 19:23
- బాలవ
- 19:24 – 06:43 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 06:44 – 19:35
- సింహం
- 19:36 – 06:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.