Worship of Goddess Varalakshmi for wealth and prosperity — observed on the Friday nearest to (and before) Shravana Purnima
Observed with: Lakshmi puja · Kalasha worship · New saree offered
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 05:58 – 20:41
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 20:42 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆశ్లేష
- 05:58 – 06:06
- మఘ
- 06:07 – 04:38 ↗
- పుబ్బ
- 04:39 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 05:58 – 12:15
- పరిఘ
- 12:16 – 05:58 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కింస్తుఘ్న
- 05:58 – 09:50
- బవ
- 09:51 – 20:41
- బాలవ
- 20:42 – 05:58 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:58 – 06:06
- సింహం
- 06:07 – 05:58 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.