Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 05:42 – 11:07
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 11:08 – 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.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 05:42 – 06:11
- పునర్వసు
- 06:12 – 04:12 ↗
- పుష్యమి
- 04:13 – 05:42 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 05:42 – 14:09
- గండ
- 14:10 – 05:42 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:42 – 11:07
- బవ
- 11:08 – 21:42
- బాలవ
- 21:43 – 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
- 05:42 – 22:38
- కర్కాటకం
- 22:39 – 05:42 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.