Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 05:43 – 14:18
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 14:19 – 05:42 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 05:43 – 08:41
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 08:42 – 05:42 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 05:43 – 17:48
- శూల
- 17:49 – 05:42 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:43 – 14:18
- వణిజ
- 14:19 – 00:39 ↗
- విష్టి
- 00:40 – 05:42 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 05:43 – 05:42 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.