Margashira Shukla Shashthi — Subrahmanya worship (te/kn); Khandoba's Champa Shashthi (mr)
Observed with: Kukke Subrahmanya pilgrimage · Naga puja · Khandoba puja
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:38 – 21:19
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 21:20 – 06:38 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:38 – 11:52
- శతభిష
- 11:53 – 06:38 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 06:38 – 13:37
- వజ్ర
- 13:38 – 06:38 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:38 – 08:22
- తైతిల
- 08:23 – 21:19
- గరజి
- 21:20 – 06:38 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:38 – 06:38 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.