Gods celebrate Diwali — Tripura Nasini (Shiva destroys Tripura); grand lamp festival at Varanasi ghats
Observed with: River bathing at Varanasi · Diyas on river · Boat puja · Pushkar Fair
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:20 – 08:55
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 08:56 – 06:20 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- భరణి
- 06:20 – 07:51
- కృత్తిక
- 07:52 – 06:20 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 06:20 – 17:49
- పరిఘ
- 17:50 – 06:20 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:20 – 08:55
- బాలవ
- 08:56 – 20:15
- కౌలవ
- 20:16 – 06:20 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 06:20 – 13:42
- వృషభం
- 13:43 – 06:20 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.