Bonfire night — burning of demoness Holika; triumph of devotion over evil
Observed with: Bonfire · Pradakshina (circumambulation) · Prayers
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:21 – 23:17
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 23:18 – 06:20 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆశ్లేష
- 06:21 – 01:31 ↗
- మఘ
- 01:32 – 06:20 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 06:21 – 23:18
- ధృతి
- 23:19 – 06:20 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:21 – 12:34
- బాలవ
- 12:35 – 23:17
- కౌలవ
- 23:18 – 06:20 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 06:21 – 01:31 ↗
- సింహం
- 01:32 – 06:20 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.