Imperishable auspicious day — new beginnings, charity and gold purchase
Observed with: Gold/silver purchases · Charity · Pitru tarpan
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 05:58 – 14:11
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 14:12 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 05:58 – 09:42
- భరణి
- 09:43 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ప్రీతి
- 05:58 – 23:55
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 23:56 – 05:57 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:58 – 14:11
- బాలవ
- 14:12 – 00:31 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 00:32 – 05:57 ↗
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
- 05:58 – 05:57 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.