Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 05:56 – 00:23 ↗
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 00:24 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తర
- 05:56 – 07:32
- హస్త
- 07:33 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధ
- 05:56 – 00:51 ↗
- సాధ్య
- 00:52 – 05:57 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 05:56 – 13:20
- బాలవ
- 13:21 – 00:23 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 00:24 – 05:57 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 05:56 – 05:57 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.