Day to honour spiritual and academic teachers; Vyasa Puja
Observed with: Guru worship · Guru Dakshina · Prayers
- పూర్ణిమ
- 05:47 – 23:40
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 23:41 – 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.
- మూల
- 05:47 – 09:13
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 09:14 – 05:47 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- బ్రహ్మ
- 05:47 – 08:35
- ఇంద్ర
- 08:36 – 05:47 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:47 – 11:18
- బవ
- 11:19 – 23:40
- బాలవ
- 23:41 – 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.
- ధనస్సు
- 05:47 – 05:47 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.