Lord Vishnu wakes from cosmic sleep — end of Chaturmas; auspicious season begins
Observed with: Fasting · End of Chaturmas · Tulsi Vivah performed · Weddings resume
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:12 – 23:14
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 23:15 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 06:12 – 14:12
- శ్రవణం
- 14:13 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధృతి
- 06:12 – 11:24
- శూల
- 11:25 – 06:12 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:12 – 10:23
- బవ
- 10:24 – 23:14
- బాలవ
- 23:15 – 06:12 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 06:12 – 06:12 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.