Arrival of spring — Goddess Saraswati worship; yellow-clad celebrations
Observed with: Saraswati puja · Yellow clothes worn · Books/instruments worshipped · Kite flying in Punjab
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 06:49 – 02:14 ↗
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 02:15 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:49 – 20:07
- శతభిష
- 20:08 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధి
- 06:49 – 07:44
- వ్యతీపాత
- 07:45 – 06:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:49 – 13:22
- గరజి
- 13:23 – 02:14 ↗
- వణిజ
- 02:15 – 06:49 ↗
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
- 06:49 – 07:04
- కుంభం
- 07:05 – 06:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.