Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 06:43 – 22:44
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 22:45 – 06:42 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రోహిణి
- 06:43 – 03:25 ↗
- మృగశిర
- 03:26 – 06:42 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 06:43 – 12:32
- వైధృతి
- 12:33 – 06:42 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:43 – 11:46
- కౌలవ
- 11:47 – 22:44
- తైతిల
- 22:45 – 06:42 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 06:43 – 06:42 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.