శుక్ల చవితి

06:21 – 19:38

శుక్ల పంచమి

19:39 – 06:20 ↗

The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.

భరణి

06:21 – 03:00 ↗

కృత్తిక

03:01 – 06:20 ↗

The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.

వైధృతి

06:21 – 23:22

విష్కంభ

23:23 – 06:20 ↗

The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.

వణిజ

06:21 – 06:27

విష్టి

06:28 – 19:38

బవ

19:39 – 06:20 ↗

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.

మేషం

06:21 – 06:20 ↗

The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.