Bonfire night — burning of demoness Holika; triumph of devotion over evil
Observed with: Bonfire · Pradakshina (circumambulation) · Prayers
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:19 – 16:13
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 16:14 – 06:18 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తర
- 06:19 – 20:45
- హస్త
- 20:46 – 06:18 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 06:19 – 14:03
- వృద్ధి
- 14:04 – 06:18 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:19 – 16:13
- బాలవ
- 16:14 – 03:17 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 03:18 – 06:18 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 06:19 – 06:18 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.