Sharad Navaratri Day 1 — Worship of Maa Shailputri; Kalash installation
Observed with: Kalash sthapana · Fasting begins · Akhand Jyot
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 06:04 – 20:00
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 20:01 – 06:04 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తర
- 06:04 – 12:16
- హస్త
- 12:17 – 06:04 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుక్ల
- 06:04 – 23:12
- బ్రహ్మ
- 23:13 – 06:04 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కింస్తుఘ్న
- 06:04 – 09:56
- బవ
- 09:57 – 20:00
- బాలవ
- 20:01 – 06:04 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 06:04 – 06:04 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.