Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 05:50 – 03:43 ↗
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 03:44 – 05:51 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుబ్బ
- 05:50 – 18:00
- ఉత్తర
- 18:01 – 05:51 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 05:50 – 20:45
- పరిఘ
- 20:46 – 05:51 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:50 – 16:07
- బాలవ
- 16:08 – 03:43 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 03:44 – 05:51 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 05:50 – 23:58
- కన్య
- 23:59 – 05:51 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.