Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:45 – 01:48 ↗
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 01:49 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- కృత్తిక
- 06:45 – 01:29 ↗
- రోహిణి
- 01:30 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సాధ్య
- 06:45 – 21:13
- శుభ
- 21:14 – 06:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:45 – 15:26
- బాలవ
- 15:27 – 01:48 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 01:49 – 06:46 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 06:45 – 09:22
- వృషభం
- 09:23 – 06:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.