Full Moon — auspicious for charity, Satyanarayan puja and river bathing
Observed with: Satyanarayan Puja · River bathing · Lamp offering
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:02 – 05:17 ↗
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 05:18 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:02 – 06:55
- శతభిష
- 06:56 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సుకర్మ
- 06:02 – 01:18 ↗
- ధృతి
- 01:19 – 06:02 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:02 – 16:04
- బవ
- 16:05 – 05:17 ↗
- బాలవ
- 05:18 – 06:02 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:02 – 06:02 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.