Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 06:06 – 18:33
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 18:34 – 06:06 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శ్రవణం
- 06:06 – 09:34
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 09:35 – 06:06 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 06:06 – 21:45
- శూల
- 21:46 – 06:06 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:06 – 06:58
- విష్టి
- 06:59 – 18:33
- బవ
- 18:34 – 05:57 ↗
- బాలవ
- 05:58 – 06:06 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 06:06 – 21:27
- కుంభం
- 21:28 – 06:06 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.