Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 05:48 – 07:19
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 07:20 – 05:48 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:48 – 12:53
- ఆశ్లేష
- 12:54 – 05:48 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 05:48 – 00:41 ↗
- వృద్ధి
- 00:42 – 05:48 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:48 – 07:19
- విష్టి
- 07:20 – 19:21
- బవ
- 19:22 – 05:48 ↗
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
- 05:48 – 05:48 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.