Ekadashi for those wishing for progeny — Vishnu worship
Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Satyanarayan Katha
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 06:49 – 16:30
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 16:31 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- కృత్తిక
- 06:49 – 10:21
- రోహిణి
- 10:22 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుక్ల
- 06:49 – 03:19 ↗
- బ్రహ్మ
- 03:20 – 06:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:49 – 16:30
- బవ
- 16:31 – 05:35 ↗
- బాలవ
- 05:36 – 06:49 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 06:49 – 06:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.