Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:05 – 08:12
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 08:13 – 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.
- అనురాధ
- 06:05 – 02:17 ↗
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 02:18 – 06:05 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:05 – 09:13
- ప్రీతి
- 09:14 – 06:05 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:05 – 08:12
- కౌలవ
- 08:13 – 19:28
- తైతిల
- 19:29 – 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.
- వృశ్చికం
- 06:05 – 06:05 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.