Shiva-Parvati puja for marital bliss — sandless fast
Observed with: All-night vigil · Sand Parvati image worship
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 06:01 – 11:48
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 11:49 – 06:01 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుబ్బ
- 06:01 – 02:05 ↗
- ఉత్తర
- 02:06 – 06:01 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శివ
- 06:01 – 12:29
- సిద్ధ
- 12:30 – 06:01 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:01 – 11:48
- బాలవ
- 11:49 – 00:07 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 00:08 – 06:01 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 06:01 – 06:01 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.