Shiva-Parvati puja for marital bliss — sandless fast
Observed with: All-night vigil · Sand Parvati image worship
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 06:02 – 14:19
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 14:20 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 06:02 – 15:53
- చిత్త
- 15:54 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుభ
- 06:02 – 10:55
- శుక్ల
- 10:56 – 06:02 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:02 – 14:19
- వణిజ
- 14:20 – 01:17 ↗
- విష్టి
- 01:18 – 06:02 ↗
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
- 06:02 – 03:16 ↗
- తుల
- 03:17 – 06:02 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.