Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:03 – 21:39
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 21:40 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రోహిణి
- 06:03 – 14:53
- మృగశిర
- 14:54 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సౌభాగ్య
- 06:03 – 19:36
- శోభన
- 19:37 – 06:02 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:03 – 10:40
- బాలవ
- 10:41 – 21:39
- కౌలవ
- 21:40 – 06:02 ↗
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
- 06:03 – 02:14 ↗
- మిథునం
- 02:15 – 06:02 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.