Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 05:50 – 11:24
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 11:25 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 05:50 – 14:20
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 14:21 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 05:50 – 08:34
- సుకర్మ
- 08:35 – 05:38 ↗
- ధృతి
- 05:39 – 05:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:50 – 11:24
- బవ
- 11:25 – 22:14
- బాలవ
- 22:15 – 05:49 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 05:50 – 05:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.