Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 05:41 – 08:22
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 08:23 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 05:41 – 12:16
- పుష్యమి
- 12:17 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 05:41 – 07:05
- వృద్ధి
- 07:06 – 04:28 ↗
- ధ్రువ
- 04:29 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:41 – 08:22
- బవ
- 08:23 – 19:25
- బాలవ
- 19:26 – 05:41 ↗
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
- 05:41 – 06:32
- కర్కాటకం
- 06:33 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.