Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:44 – 02:59 ↗
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 03:00 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 06:44 – 05:55 ↗
- భరణి
- 05:56 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుభ
- 06:44 – 19:01
- శుక్ల
- 19:02 – 06:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:44 – 15:13
- తైతిల
- 15:14 – 02:59 ↗
- గరజి
- 03:00 – 06:43 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 06:44 – 06:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.