Full harvest moon — Goddess Lakshmi descends; Kheer left in moonlight
Observed with: Moonlight kheer offering · River bathing
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 06:11 – 13:37
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 13:38 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 06:11 – 20:31
- రేవతి
- 20:32 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యాఘాత
- 06:11 – 20:00
- హర్షణ
- 20:01 – 06:12 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:11 – 13:37
- గరజి
- 13:38 – 00:51 ↗
- వణిజ
- 00:52 – 06:12 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 06:11 – 06:12 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.