Imperishable auspicious day — new beginnings, charity and gold purchase
Observed with: Gold/silver purchases · Charity · Pitru tarpan
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 05:50 – 14:12
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 14:13 – 05:50 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రోహిణి
- 05:50 – 16:18
- మృగశిర
- 16:19 – 05:50 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 05:50 – 12:01
- అతిగండ
- 12:02 – 05:50 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:50 – 14:12
- వణిజ
- 14:13 – 00:43 ↗
- విష్టి
- 00:44 – 05:50 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 05:50 – 03:14 ↗
- మిథునం
- 03:15 – 05:50 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.