Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:24 – 17:11
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 17:12 – 06:25 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 06:24 – 16:46
- మూల
- 16:47 – 06:25 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 06:24 – 11:29
- ధృతి
- 11:30 – 06:25 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:24 – 17:11
- తైతిల
- 17:12 – 06:20 ↗
- గరజి
- 06:21 – 06:25 ↗
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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:24 – 16:46
- ధనస్సు
- 16:47 – 06:25 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.