Worship of Goddess Varalakshmi for wealth and prosperity — observed on the Friday nearest to (and before) Shravana Purnima
Observed with: Lakshmi puja · Kalasha worship · New saree offered
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 05:56 – 10:25
- శుక్ల చతుర్దశి
- 10:26 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 05:56 – 17:17
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 17:18 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 05:56 – 15:56
- ప్రీతి
- 15:57 – 05:56 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:56 – 10:25
- గరజి
- 10:26 – 23:05
- వణిజ
- 23:06 – 05:56 ↗
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
- 05:56 – 23:47
- మకరం
- 23:48 – 05:56 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.