Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 05:45 – 00:04 ↗
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 00:05 – 05:46 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- స్వాతి
- 05:45 – 07:52
- విశాఖ
- 07:53 – 05:46 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధ
- 05:45 – 13:40
- సాధ్య
- 13:41 – 05:46 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:45 – 12:36
- విష్టి
- 12:37 – 00:04 ↗
- బవ
- 00:05 – 05:46 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 05:45 – 01:36 ↗
- వృశ్చికం
- 01:37 – 05:46 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.