Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:10 – 10:52
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 10:53 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 06:10 – 15:38
- శ్రవణం
- 15:39 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 06:10 – 00:34 ↗
- శూల
- 00:35 – 06:10 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:10 – 10:52
- బాలవ
- 10:53 – 23:55
- కౌలవ
- 23:56 – 06:10 ↗
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
- 06:10 – 06:10 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.