Worship of Govardhan Hill — Krishna lifted it to protect Braj from Indra's wrath
Observed with: Annakut (mountain of food offered) · Cow worship
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 06:11 – 20:17
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 20:18 – 06:11 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- స్వాతి
- 06:11 – 01:51 ↗
- విశాఖ
- 01:52 – 06:11 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ప్రీతి
- 06:11 – 04:05 ↗
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 04:06 – 06:11 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కింస్తుఘ్న
- 06:11 – 07:04
- బవ
- 07:05 – 20:17
- బాలవ
- 20:18 – 06:11 ↗
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
- 06:11 – 06:11 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.