Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:43 – 00:41 ↗
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 00:42 – 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.
- కృత్తిక
- 06:43 – 04:46 ↗
- రోహిణి
- 04:47 – 06:43 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 06:43 – 15:08
- ఇంద్ర
- 15:09 – 06:43 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:43 – 13:28
- బవ
- 13:29 – 00:41 ↗
- బాలవ
- 00:42 – 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
- 06:43 – 11:27
- వృషభం
- 11:28 – 06:43 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.