Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:05 – 06:58
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 06:59 – 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.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 06:05 – 05:01 ↗
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 05:02 – 06:05 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 06:05 – 04:46 ↗
- అతిగండ
- 04:47 – 06:05 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:05 – 06:58
- బాలవ
- 06:59 – 19:28
- కౌలవ
- 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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:05 – 06:05 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.