Full harvest moon — Goddess Lakshmi descends; Kheer left in moonlight
Observed with: Moonlight kheer offering · River bathing
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 06:08 – 18:49
- పూర్ణిమ
- 18:50 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 06:08 – 22:30
- రేవతి
- 22:31 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధ్రువ
- 06:08 – 16:15
- వ్యాఘాత
- 16:16 – 06:09 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:08 – 06:23
- వణిజ
- 06:24 – 18:49
- విష్టి
- 18:50 – 06:09 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 06:08 – 06:09 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.