Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 06:46 – 09:25
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 09:26 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 06:46 – 11:08
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 11:09 – 06:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 06:46 – 10:33
- విష్కంభ
- 10:34 – 06:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:46 – 09:25
- బవ
- 09:26 – 20:13
- బాలవ
- 20:14 – 06:46 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 06:46 – 06:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.