Imperishable auspicious day — new beginnings, charity and gold purchase
Observed with: Gold/silver purchases · Charity · Pitru tarpan
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 05:48 – 00:50 ↗
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 00:51 – 05:48 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- కృత్తిక
- 05:48 – 16:29
- రోహిణి
- 16:30 – 05:48 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శోభన
- 05:48 – 05:30 ↗
- అతిగండ
- 05:31 – 05:48 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:48 – 11:31
- కౌలవ
- 11:32 – 00:50 ↗
- తైతిల
- 00:51 – 05:48 ↗
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
- 05:48 – 05:48 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.