Shiva-Parvati puja for marital bliss — sandless fast
Observed with: All-night vigil · Sand Parvati image worship
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 06:02 – 00:31 ↗
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 00:32 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఉత్తర
- 06:02 – 07:00
- హస్త
- 07:01 – 06:00 ↗
- చిత్త
- 06:01 – 06:02 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సాధ్య
- 06:02 – 06:50
- శుభ
- 06:51 – 04:21 ↗
- శుక్ల
- 04:22 – 06:02 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:02 – 13:24
- గరజి
- 13:25 – 00:31 ↗
- వణిజ
- 00:32 – 06:02 ↗
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
- 06:02 – 06:02 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.