Vishnu turns sides in cosmic sleep (Parsva Parivartana)
Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 06:02 – 02:43 ↗
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 02:44 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 06:02 – 19:55
- మూల
- 19:56 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:02 – 16:31
- ప్రీతి
- 16:32 – 06:02 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:02 – 13:54
- కౌలవ
- 13:55 – 02:43 ↗
- తైతిల
- 02:44 – 06:02 ↗
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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:02 – 19:55
- ధనస్సు
- 19:56 – 06:02 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.