Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 05:45 – 11:58
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 11:59 – 05:46 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తర
- 05:45 – 11:07
- హస్త
- 11:08 – 05:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 05:45 – 17:46
- పరిఘ
- 17:47 – 05:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:45 – 11:58
- విష్టి
- 11:59 – 01:00 ↗
- బవ
- 01:01 – 05:46 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 05:45 – 05:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.