Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:46 – 15:32
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 15:33 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 06:46 – 17:27
- పునర్వసు
- 17:28 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 06:46 – 09:04
- ఇంద్ర
- 09:05 – 05:15 ↗
- వైధృతి
- 05:16 – 06:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:46 – 15:32
- బాలవ
- 15:33 – 01:58 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 01:59 – 06:47 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 06:46 – 06:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.