Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:05 – 06:57
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 06:58 – 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.
- జ్యేష్ఠ
- 06:05 – 02:24 ↗
- మూల
- 02:25 – 06:05 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ప్రీతి
- 06:05 – 07:07
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 07:08 – 05:42 ↗
- సౌభాగ్య
- 05:43 – 06:05 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:05 – 06:57
- గరజి
- 06:58 – 18:38
- వణిజ
- 18:39 – 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 – 02:24 ↗
- ధనస్సు
- 02:25 – 06:05 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.