Lord Vishnu wakes from cosmic sleep — end of Chaturmas; auspicious season begins
Observed with: Fasting · End of Chaturmas · Tulsi Vivah performed · Weddings resume
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 06:17 – 07:34
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 07:35 – 06:18 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 06:17 – 05:26 ↗
- ఉత్తరాభాద్ర
- 05:27 – 06:18 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యాఘాత
- 06:17 – 23:50
- హర్షణ
- 23:51 – 06:18 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:17 – 07:34
- వణిజ
- 07:35 – 20:28
- విష్టి
- 20:29 – 06:18 ↗
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
- 06:17 – 22:56
- మీనం
- 22:57 – 06:18 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.