కృష్ణ చతుర్దశి

05:41 – 12:20

అమావాస్య

12:21 – 05:41 ↗

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

రోహిణి

05:41 – 22:13

మృగశిర

22:14 – 05:41 ↗

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

ధృతి

05:41 – 13:14

శూల

13:15 – 05:41 ↗

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

శకుని

05:41 – 12:20

చతుష్పాద

12:21 – 22:22

నాగ

22:23 – 05:41 ↗

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

05:41 – 05:41 ↗

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