Day to honour spiritual and academic teachers; Vyasa Puja
Observed with: Guru worship · Guru Dakshina · Prayers
- పూర్ణిమ
- 05:53 – 19:05
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 19:06 – 05:53 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 05:53 – 21:35
- శ్రవణం
- 21:36 – 05:53 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 05:53 – 12:27
- ప్రీతి
- 12:28 – 05:53 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:53 – 07:25
- బవ
- 07:26 – 19:05
- బాలవ
- 19:06 – 05:53 ↗
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.
- మకరం
- 05:53 – 05:53 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.