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 చతుర్దశి
- 05:56 – 11:51
- పూర్ణిమ
- 11:52 – 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.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 05:56 – 19:27
- శ్రవణం
- 19:28 – 05:56 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ప్రీతి
- 05:56 – 16:11
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 16:12 – 05:56 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:56 – 11:51
- విష్టి
- 11:52 – 00:43 ↗
- బవ
- 00:44 – 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.
- మకరం
- 05:56 – 05:56 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.