Imperishable auspicious day — new beginnings, charity and gold purchase
Observed with: Gold/silver purchases · Charity · Pitru tarpan
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 05:57 – 07:27
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 07:28 – 04:15 ↗
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 04:16 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రోహిణి
- 05:57 – 02:08 ↗
- మృగశిర
- 02:09 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సౌభాగ్య
- 05:57 – 16:10
- శోభన
- 16:11 – 05:56 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:57 – 07:27
- వణిజ
- 07:28 – 17:49
- విష్టి
- 17:50 – 04:15 ↗
- బవ
- 04:16 – 05:56 ↗
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
- 05:57 – 05:56 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.