Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 06:05 – 09:33
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 09:34 – 06:05 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- విశాఖ
- 06:05 – 22:09
- అనురాధ
- 22:10 – 06:05 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:05 – 22:50
- ప్రీతి
- 22:51 – 06:05 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:05 – 09:33
- బవ
- 09:34 – 22:49
- బాలవ
- 22:50 – 06:05 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 06:05 – 15:23
- వృశ్చికం
- 15:24 – 06:05 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.