Lord Vishnu wakes from cosmic sleep — end of Chaturmas; auspicious season begins
Observed with: Fasting · End of Chaturmas · Tulsi Vivah performed · Weddings resume
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 06:16 – 00:09 ↗
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 00:10 – 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.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 06:16 – 18:19
- శ్రవణం
- 18:20 – 06:16 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:16 – 20:53
- గండ
- 20:54 – 06:16 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:16 – 10:51
- వణిజ
- 10:52 – 00:09 ↗
- విష్టి
- 00:10 – 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.
- మకరం
- 06:16 – 06:16 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.