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 విదియ
- 05:58 – 18:47
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 18:48 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుబ్బ
- 05:58 – 03:42 ↗
- ఉత్తర
- 03:43 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- పరిఘ
- 05:58 – 09:28
- శివ
- 09:29 – 05:59 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:58 – 07:40
- కౌలవ
- 07:41 – 18:47
- తైతిల
- 18:48 – 05:59 ↗
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
- 05:58 – 05:59 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.