Most sacred bathing day of Magha mela — charity and fast
Observed with: Sangam snan · Charity · Lamp offering
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:48 – 03:39 ↗
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 03:40 – 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.
- పుష్యమి
- 06:48 – 23:57
- ఆశ్లేష
- 23:58 – 06:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ప్రీతి
- 06:48 – 10:18
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 10:19 – 06:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:48 – 16:43
- బవ
- 16:44 – 03:39 ↗
- బాలవ
- 03:40 – 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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 06:48 – 06:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.