Six-day fast culminating in Lord Murugan's victory over demon Soorapadman (Soorasamharam)
Observed with: 6-day fast · Kavadi · Vel worship · Soorasamharam re-enactment
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:20 – 02:01 ↗
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 02:02 – 06:21 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 06:20 – 23:28
- శ్రవణం
- 23:29 – 06:21 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:20 – 06:22
- గండ
- 06:23 – 06:21 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:20 – 12:44
- తైతిల
- 12:45 – 02:01 ↗
- గరజి
- 02:02 – 06:21 ↗
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
- 06:20 – 06:21 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.