Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 05:41 – 02:08 ↗
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 02:09 – 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.
- చిత్త
- 05:41 – 17:27
- స్వాతి
- 17:28 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 05:41 – 07:44
- పరిఘ
- 07:45 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:41 – 14:07
- విష్టి
- 14:08 – 02:08 ↗
- బవ
- 02:09 – 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.
- తుల
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.