Lord Vishnu wakes from cosmic sleep — end of Chaturmas; auspicious season begins
Observed with: Fasting · End of Chaturmas · Tulsi Vivah performed · Weddings resume
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:13 – 10:06
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 10:07 – 06:14 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శ్రవణం
- 06:13 – 18:33
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 18:34 – 06:14 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:13 – 07:20
- గండ
- 07:21 – 06:14 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:13 – 10:06
- బాలవ
- 10:07 – 22:11
- కౌలవ
- 22:12 – 06:14 ↗
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
- 06:13 – 06:14 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.