Most sacred bathing day of Magha mela — charity and fast
Observed with: Sangam snan · Charity · Lamp offering
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 06:49 – 16:49
- శుక్ల త్రయోదశి
- 16:50 – 06:48 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 06:49 – 15:15
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 15:16 – 06:48 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఇంద్ర
- 06:49 – 09:26
- వైధృతి
- 09:27 – 06:48 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:49 – 16:49
- కౌలవ
- 16:50 – 04:21 ↗
- తైతిల
- 04:22 – 06:48 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 06:49 – 06:48 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.