Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 05:45 – 02:46 ↗
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 02:47 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 05:45 – 09:33
- చిత్త
- 09:34 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- పరిఘ
- 05:45 – 18:09
- శివ
- 18:10 – 05:45 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:45 – 15:40
- కౌలవ
- 15:41 – 02:46 ↗
- తైతిల
- 02:47 – 05:45 ↗
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
- 05:45 – 21:01
- తుల
- 21:02 – 05:45 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.