Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 05:41 – 23:59
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 00:00 – 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.
- మఘ
- 05:41 – 08:22
- పుబ్బ
- 08:23 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 05:41 – 20:05
- వజ్ర
- 20:06 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:41 – 13:06
- బవ
- 13:07 – 23:59
- బాలవ
- 00:00 – 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.
- సింహం
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.