Lord Vishnu wakes from cosmic sleep — end of Chaturmas; auspicious season begins
Observed with: Fasting · End of Chaturmas · Tulsi Vivah performed · Weddings resume
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 06:16 – 05:24 ↗
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 05:25 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:16 – 00:29 ↗
- శతభిష
- 00:30 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వృద్ధి
- 06:16 – 22:49
- ధ్రువ
- 22:50 – 06:17 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:16 – 16:09
- కౌలవ
- 16:10 – 05:24 ↗
- తైతిల
- 05:25 – 06:17 ↗
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 – 10:59
- కుంభం
- 11:00 – 06:17 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.