Festival celebrating the brother-sister bond
Observed with: Rakhi tying · Sister's prayers for brother · Gift exchange
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 06:01 – 09:09
- పూర్ణిమ
- 09:10 – 06:01 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:01 – 02:15 ↗
- శతభిష
- 02:16 – 06:01 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 06:01 – 07:54
- అతిగండ
- 07:55 – 06:01 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:01 – 09:09
- విష్టి
- 09:10 – 21:32
- బవ
- 21:33 – 06:01 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 06:01 – 13:35
- కుంభం
- 13:36 – 06:01 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.