కృష్ణ తదియ

05:40 – 21:21

కృష్ణ చవితి

21:22 – 05:40 ↗

The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.

పూర్వాషాఢ

05:40 – 00:59 ↗

ఉత్తరాషాఢ

01:00 – 05:40 ↗

The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.

శుభ

05:40 – 08:11

శుక్ల

08:12 – 05:40 ↗

The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.

వణిజ

05:40 – 08:12

విష్టి

08:13 – 21:21

బవ

21:22 – 05:40 ↗

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.

ధనస్సు

05:40 – 05:40 ↗

The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.