Lord Vishnu wakes from cosmic sleep — end of Chaturmas; auspicious season begins
Observed with: Fasting · End of Chaturmas · Tulsi Vivah performed · Weddings resume
- శుక్ల దశమి
- 06:12 – 03:47 ↗
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 03:48 – 06:13 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:12 – 19:28
- శతభిష
- 19:29 – 06:13 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- గండ
- 06:12 – 12:28
- వృద్ధి
- 12:29 – 06:13 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:12 – 14:32
- గరజి
- 14:33 – 03:47 ↗
- వణిజ
- 03:48 – 06:13 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:12 – 06:13 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.