Lord Vishnu wakes from cosmic sleep — end of Chaturmas; auspicious season begins
Observed with: Fasting · End of Chaturmas · Tulsi Vivah performed · Weddings resume
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 06:24 – 06:31
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:32 – 04:56 ↗
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 04:57 – 06:24 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 06:24 – 06:50
- రేవతి
- 06:51 – 05:54 ↗
- అశ్విని
- 05:55 – 06:24 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధి
- 06:24 – 02:30 ↗
- వ్యతీపాత
- 02:31 – 06:24 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:24 – 06:31
- బవ
- 06:32 – 17:50
- బాలవ
- 17:51 – 04:56 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 04:57 – 06:24 ↗
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
- 06:24 – 05:54 ↗
- మేషం
- 05:55 – 06:24 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.