Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 06:08 – 01:13 ↗
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 01:14 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అనురాధ
- 06:08 – 04:02 ↗
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 04:03 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 06:08 – 20:38
- సౌభాగ్య
- 20:39 – 06:09 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:08 – 12:17
- విష్టి
- 12:18 – 01:13 ↗
- బవ
- 01:14 – 06:09 ↗
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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:08 – 06:09 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.