Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 05:52 – 02:10 ↗
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 02:11 – 05:53 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆశ్లేష
- 05:52 – 00:09 ↗
- మఘ
- 00:10 – 05:53 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధి
- 05:52 – 18:20
- వ్యతీపాత
- 18:21 – 05:53 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:52 – 15:48
- కౌలవ
- 15:49 – 02:10 ↗
- తైతిల
- 02:11 – 05:53 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:52 – 00:09 ↗
- సింహం
- 00:10 – 05:53 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.