Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 06:08 – 14:08
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 14:09 – 06:08 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:08 – 16:21
- శతభిష
- 16:22 – 06:08 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:08 – 15:45
- గండ
- 15:46 – 06:08 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:08 – 14:08
- బవ
- 14:09 – 03:14 ↗
- బాలవ
- 03:15 – 06:08 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:08 – 06:08 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.