శుక్ల పాడ్యమి

05:51 – 21:11

శుక్ల విదియ

21:12 – 05:51 ↗

The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.

భరణి

05:51 – 21:37

కృత్తిక

21:38 – 05:51 ↗

The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.

ఆయుష్మాన్

05:51 – 20:02

సౌభాగ్య

20:03 – 05:51 ↗

The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.

కింస్తుఘ్న

05:51 – 11:05

బవ

11:06 – 21:11

బాలవ

21:12 – 05:51 ↗

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

05:51 – 02:53 ↗

వృషభం

02:54 – 05:51 ↗

The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.