Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 05:41 – 00:52 ↗
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 00:53 – 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
- 05:41 – 16:12
- పునర్వసు
- 16:13 – 05:42 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 05:41 – 00:34 ↗
- ధ్రువ
- 00:35 – 05:42 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:41 – 14:39
- కౌలవ
- 14:40 – 00:52 ↗
- తైతిల
- 00:53 – 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
- 05:41 – 05:42 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.