Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:13 – 13:03
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 13:04 – 06:13 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 06:13 – 23:29
- భరణి
- 23:30 – 06:13 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 06:13 – 03:38 ↗
- విష్కంభ
- 03:39 – 06:13 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:13 – 13:03
- తైతిల
- 13:04 – 01:33 ↗
- గరజి
- 01:34 – 06:13 ↗
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
- 06:13 – 06:13 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.