Most sacred bathing day of Magha mela — charity and fast
Observed with: Sangam snan · Charity · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 06:45 – 00:17 ↗
- పూర్ణిమ
- 00:18 – 06:45 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 06:45 – 06:50
- పుష్యమి
- 06:51 – 04:02 ↗
- ఆశ్లేష
- 04:03 – 06:45 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 06:45 – 23:25
- సౌభాగ్య
- 23:26 – 06:45 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:45 – 14:04
- వణిజ
- 14:05 – 00:17 ↗
- విష్టి
- 00:18 – 06:45 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 06:45 – 06:45 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.