Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:01 – 15:24
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 15:25 – 06:00 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 06:01 – 10:52
- పుష్యమి
- 10:53 – 06:00 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 06:01 – 11:09
- ధృతి
- 11:10 – 06:00 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:01 – 15:24
- బాలవ
- 15:25 – 02:22 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 02:23 – 06:00 ↗
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
- 06:01 – 06:00 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.