Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:27 – 00:02 ↗
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 00:03 – 06:27 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- శ్రవణం
- 06:27 – 01:32 ↗
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 01:33 – 06:27 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 06:27 – 12:42
- ధ్రువ
- 12:43 – 06:27 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:27 – 11:34
- తైతిల
- 11:35 – 00:02 ↗
- గరజి
- 00:03 – 06:27 ↗
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
- 06:27 – 06:27 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.