Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:17 – 01:10 ↗
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 01:11 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 06:17 – 09:13
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 09:14 – 06:17 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సౌభాగ్య
- 06:17 – 23:21
- శోభన
- 23:22 – 06:17 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:17 – 13:03
- బవ
- 13:04 – 01:10 ↗
- బాలవ
- 01:11 – 06:17 ↗
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
- 06:17 – 06:17 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.