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 పంచమి
- 05:59 – 17:00
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 17:01 – 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.
- చిత్త
- 05:59 – 04:58 ↗
- స్వాతి
- 04:59 – 05:59 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుభ
- 05:59 – 03:28 ↗
- శుక్ల
- 03:29 – 05:59 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:59 – 17:00
- కౌలవ
- 17:01 – 05:20 ↗
- తైతిల
- 05:21 – 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.
- కన్య
- 05:59 – 16:19
- తుల
- 16:20 – 05:59 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.