Six-day fast culminating in Lord Murugan's victory over demon Soorapadman (Soorasamharam)
Observed with: 6-day fast · Kavadi · Vel worship · Soorasamharam re-enactment
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:15 – 21:38
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 21:39 – 06:16 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 06:15 – 15:24
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 15:25 – 06:16 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 06:15 – 20:01
- శూల
- 20:02 – 06:16 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:15 – 08:31
- తైతిల
- 08:32 – 21:38
- గరజి
- 21:39 – 06:16 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:15 – 22:06
- మకరం
- 22:07 – 06:16 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.