Birth, Enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana of Gautama Buddha
Observed with: Meditation · Dana (charity) · Dhamma teachings
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 05:47 – 08:48
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 08:49 – 05:47 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 05:47 – 21:08
- చిత్త
- 21:09 – 05:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 05:47 – 07:06
- వజ్ర
- 07:07 – 03:47 ↗
- సిద్ధి
- 03:48 – 05:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:47 – 08:48
- కౌలవ
- 08:49 – 19:26
- తైతిల
- 19:27 – 05:47 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 05:47 – 05:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.