Full harvest moon — Goddess Lakshmi descends; Kheer left in moonlight
Observed with: Moonlight kheer offering · River bathing
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:08 – 16:14
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 16:15 – 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.
- శతభిష
- 06:08 – 18:55
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 18:56 – 06:08 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 06:08 – 16:19
- వృద్ధి
- 16:20 – 06:08 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:08 – 16:14
- కౌలవ
- 16:15 – 05:05 ↗
- తైతిల
- 05:06 – 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.