Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 06:34 – 03:20 ↗
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 03:21 – 06:35 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 06:34 – 17:26
- అశ్విని
- 17:27 – 06:35 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వరీయాన్
- 06:34 – 05:34 ↗
- పరిఘ
- 05:35 – 06:35 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:34 – 15:15
- విష్టి
- 15:16 – 03:20 ↗
- బవ
- 03:21 – 06:35 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 06:34 – 17:26
- మేషం
- 17:27 – 06:35 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.