Worship of Goddess Varalakshmi for wealth and prosperity — observed on the Friday nearest to (and before) Shravana Purnima
Observed with: Lakshmi puja · Kalasha worship · New saree offered
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 05:53 – 23:23
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 23:24 – 05:53 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:53 – 16:00
- ఆశ్లేష
- 16:01 – 05:53 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 05:53 – 07:27
- సిద్ధి
- 07:28 – 05:31 ↗
- వ్యతీపాత
- 05:32 – 05:53 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కింస్తుఘ్న
- 05:53 – 11:58
- బవ
- 11:59 – 23:23
- బాలవ
- 23:24 – 05:53 ↗
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
- 05:53 – 05:53 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.