Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 06:05 – 13:00
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 13:01 – 06:05 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- చిత్త
- 06:05 – 06:38
- స్వాతి
- 06:39 – 04:29 ↗
- విశాఖ
- 04:30 – 06:05 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 06:05 – 15:17
- వైధృతి
- 15:18 – 06:05 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:05 – 13:00
- వణిజ
- 13:01 – 23:33
- విష్టి
- 23:34 – 06:05 ↗
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
- 06:05 – 06:05 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.