Shiva-Parvati puja for marital bliss — sandless fast
Observed with: All-night vigil · Sand Parvati image worship
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:03 – 09:32
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 09:33 – 06:03 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- హస్త
- 06:03 – 18:56
- చిత్త
- 18:57 – 06:03 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుక్ల
- 06:03 – 23:10
- బ్రహ్మ
- 23:11 – 06:03 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- కౌలవ
- 06:03 – 09:32
- తైతిల
- 09:33 – 19:49
- గరజి
- 19:50 – 06:03 ↗
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.
- కన్య
- 06:03 – 05:39 ↗
- తుల
- 05:40 – 06:03 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.