Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:10 – 14:13
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 14:14 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 06:10 – 02:22 ↗
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 02:23 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సౌభాగ్య
- 06:10 – 23:29
- శోభన
- 23:30 – 06:09 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:10 – 14:13
- గరజి
- 14:14 – 01:51 ↗
- వణిజ
- 01:52 – 06:09 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 06:10 – 14:24
- మిథునం
- 14:25 – 06:09 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.