Arrival of spring — Goddess Saraswati worship; yellow-clad celebrations
Observed with: Saraswati puja · Yellow clothes worn · Books/instruments worshipped · Kite flying in Punjab
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 06:46 – 23:27
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 23:28 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:46 – 23:48
- శతభిష
- 23:49 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 06:46 – 21:40
- పరిఘ
- 21:41 – 06:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కింస్తుఘ్న
- 06:46 – 10:29
- బవ
- 10:30 – 23:27
- బాలవ
- 23:28 – 06:46 ↗
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
- 06:46 – 10:36
- కుంభం
- 10:37 – 06:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.