Birth, Enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana of Gautama Buddha
Observed with: Meditation · Dana (charity) · Dhamma teachings
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 05:50 – 21:12
- పూర్ణిమ
- 21:13 – 05:50 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- చిత్త
- 05:50 – 02:16 ↗
- స్వాతి
- 02:17 – 05:50 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 05:50 – 20:54
- సిద్ధి
- 20:55 – 05:50 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:50 – 08:29
- వణిజ
- 08:30 – 21:12
- విష్టి
- 21:13 – 05:50 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 05:50 – 13:14
- తుల
- 13:15 – 05:50 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.