Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 06:46 – 18:53
- పూర్ణిమ
- 18:54 – 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.
- మృగశిర
- 06:46 – 20:03
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 20:04 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుక్ల
- 06:46 – 13:06
- బ్రహ్మ
- 13:07 – 06:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:46 – 08:37
- వణిజ
- 08:38 – 18:53
- విష్టి
- 18:54 – 05:11 ↗
- బవ
- 05:12 – 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.
- వృషభం
- 06:46 – 09:25
- మిథునం
- 09:26 – 06:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.