Vishnu turns sides in cosmic sleep (Parsva Parivartana)
Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:04 – 08:59
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 09:00 – 06:04 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- విశాఖ
- 06:04 – 17:22
- అనురాధ
- 17:23 – 06:04 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 06:04 – 12:22
- విష్కంభ
- 12:23 – 06:04 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:04 – 08:59
- కౌలవ
- 09:00 – 21:50
- తైతిల
- 21:51 – 06:04 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 06:04 – 10:48
- వృశ్చికం
- 10:49 – 06:04 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.