Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 05:41 – 23:18
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 23:19 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 05:41 – 22:38
- పునర్వసు
- 22:39 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 05:41 – 15:46
- గండ
- 15:47 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:41 – 12:32
- గరజి
- 12:33 – 23:18
- వణిజ
- 23:19 – 05:41 ↗
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
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.