Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 05:41 – 12:22
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 12:23 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:41 – 21:36
- ఆశ్లేష
- 21:37 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధ్రువ
- 05:41 – 21:28
- వ్యాఘాత
- 21:29 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:41 – 12:22
- బవ
- 12:23 – 22:56
- బాలవ
- 22:57 – 05:41 ↗
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
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.