Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 06:34 – 06:35 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 06:34 – 21:00
- మూల
- 21:01 – 06:35 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 06:34 – 08:39
- శూల
- 08:40 – 06:35 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కింస్తుఘ్న
- 06:34 – 19:32
- బవ
- 19:33 – 06:35 ↗
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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:34 – 21:00
- ధనస్సు
- 21:01 – 06:35 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.