Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 06:32 – 21:37
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 21:38 – 06:32 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:32 – 08:41
- శతభిష
- 08:42 – 06:32 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 06:32 – 06:09 ↗
- వజ్ర
- 06:10 – 06:32 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:32 – 08:18
- వణిజ
- 08:19 – 21:37
- విష్టి
- 21:38 – 06:32 ↗
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
- 06:32 – 06:32 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.