Imperishable auspicious day — new beginnings, charity and gold purchase
Observed with: Gold/silver purchases · Charity · Pitru tarpan
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 05:46 – 09:03
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 09:04 – 05:46 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 05:46 – 19:59
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 20:00 – 05:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 05:46 – 23:19
- ధృతి
- 23:20 – 05:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:46 – 09:03
- వణిజ
- 09:04 – 19:43
- విష్టి
- 19:44 – 05:46 ↗
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
- 05:46 – 08:56
- మిథునం
- 08:57 – 05:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.