Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:18 – 18:38
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 18:39 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- కృత్తిక
- 06:18 – 20:49
- రోహిణి
- 20:50 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:18 – 12:21
- ప్రీతి
- 12:22 – 06:17 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:18 – 07:57
- బాలవ
- 07:58 – 18:38
- కౌలవ
- 18:39 – 05:22 ↗
- తైతిల
- 05:23 – 06:17 ↗
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
- 06:18 – 06:17 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.