Lord Vishnu wakes from cosmic sleep — end of Chaturmas; auspicious season begins
Observed with: Fasting · End of Chaturmas · Tulsi Vivah performed · Weddings resume
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 06:15 – 07:31
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 07:32 – 05:07 ↗
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 05:08 – 06:15 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 06:15 – 17:03
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 17:04 – 06:15 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యాఘాత
- 06:15 – 23:10
- హర్షణ
- 23:11 – 06:15 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:15 – 07:31
- బవ
- 07:32 – 18:24
- బాలవ
- 18:25 – 05:07 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 05:08 – 06:15 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:15 – 11:27
- మీనం
- 11:28 – 06:15 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.