Regional variant: some communities observe Karva Chauth in Kartika Shukla
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 06:19 – 20:42
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 20:43 – 06:20 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మూల
- 06:19 – 17:17
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 17:18 – 06:20 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 06:19 – 05:22 ↗
- శూల
- 05:23 – 06:20 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:19 – 07:24
- విష్టి
- 07:25 – 20:42
- బవ
- 20:43 – 06:20 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:19 – 06:20 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.