Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 06:06 – 08:03
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 08:04 – 05:26 ↗
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 05:27 – 06:06 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- స్వాతి
- 06:06 – 10:12
- విశాఖ
- 10:13 – 06:06 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- విష్కంభ
- 06:06 – 02:35 ↗
- ప్రీతి
- 02:36 – 06:06 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 06:06 – 08:03
- వణిజ
- 08:04 – 18:44
- విష్టి
- 18:45 – 05:26 ↗
- బవ
- 05:27 – 06:06 ↗
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.
- తుల
- 06:06 – 02:48 ↗
- వృశ్చికం
- 02:49 – 06:06 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.