Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 05:57 – 23:01
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 23:02 – 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.
- హస్త
- 05:57 – 06:25
- చిత్త
- 06:26 – 05:57 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సాధ్య
- 05:57 – 22:42
- శుభ
- 22:43 – 05:57 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 05:57 – 11:36
- తైతిల
- 11:37 – 23:01
- గరజి
- 23:02 – 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
- 05:57 – 18:07
- తుల
- 18:08 – 05:57 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.