Sister-brother bond celebration — Yama visits sister Yamuna
Observed with: Tilak ceremony · Sister's prayers for brother · Gift exchange
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:11 – 22:47
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 22:48 – 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.
- విశాఖ
- 06:11 – 04:51 ↗
- అనురాధ
- 04:52 – 06:11 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 06:11 – 04:59 ↗
- సౌభాగ్య
- 05:00 – 06:11 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:11 – 09:31
- కౌలవ
- 09:32 – 22:47
- తైతిల
- 22:48 – 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 – 22:05
- వృశ్చికం
- 22:06 – 06:11 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.