Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 06:08 – 23:28
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 23:29 – 06:08 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- విశాఖ
- 06:08 – 01:42 ↗
- అనురాధ
- 01:43 – 06:08 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ప్రీతి
- 06:08 – 20:23
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 20:24 – 06:08 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:08 – 10:46
- గరజి
- 10:47 – 23:28
- వణిజ
- 23:29 – 06:08 ↗
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
- 06:08 – 19:12
- వృశ్చికం
- 19:13 – 06:08 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.