Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 06:09 – 13:22
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 13:23 – 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.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 06:09 – 01:56 ↗
- పునర్వసు
- 01:57 – 06:09 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 06:09 – 21:31
- అతిగండ
- 21:32 – 06:09 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:09 – 13:22
- విష్టి
- 13:23 – 00:45 ↗
- బవ
- 00:46 – 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.
- మిథునం
- 06:09 – 06:09 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.