Arrival of spring — Goddess Saraswati worship; yellow-clad celebrations
Observed with: Saraswati puja · Yellow clothes worn · Books/instruments worshipped · Kite flying in Punjab
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 06:49 – 04:17 ↗
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 04:18 – 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.
- శతభిష
- 06:49 – 22:32
- పూర్వాభాద్ర
- 22:33 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యతీపాత
- 06:49 – 07:55
- వరీయాన్
- 07:56 – 06:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:49 – 15:12
- విష్టి
- 15:13 – 04:17 ↗
- బవ
- 04:18 – 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.
- కుంభం
- 06:49 – 06:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.