Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- శుక్ల పాడ్యమి
- 05:49 – 20:30
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 20:31 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పునర్వసు
- 05:49 – 11:41
- పుష్యమి
- 11:42 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 05:49 – 00:00 ↗
- వజ్ర
- 00:01 – 05:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కింస్తుఘ్న
- 05:49 – 08:59
- బవ
- 09:00 – 20:30
- బాలవ
- 20:31 – 05:49 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 05:49 – 05:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.