Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 06:05 – 01:32 ↗
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 01:33 – 06:04 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- భరణి
- 06:05 – 17:11
- కృత్తిక
- 17:12 – 06:04 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ప్రీతి
- 06:05 – 00:58 ↗
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 00:59 – 06:04 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:05 – 14:23
- గరజి
- 14:24 – 01:32 ↗
- వణిజ
- 01:33 – 06:04 ↗
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
- 06:05 – 22:56
- వృషభం
- 22:57 – 06:04 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.