Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 05:54 – 12:02
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 12:03 – 05:54 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- చిత్త
- 05:54 – 14:06
- స్వాతి
- 14:07 – 05:54 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సాధ్య
- 05:54 – 22:23
- శుభ
- 22:24 – 05:54 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:54 – 12:02
- విష్టి
- 12:03 – 23:10
- బవ
- 23:11 – 05:54 ↗
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
- 05:54 – 05:54 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.