Sister-brother bond celebration — Yama visits sister Yamuna
Observed with: Tilak ceremony · Sister's prayers for brother · Gift exchange
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:13 – 19:22
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 19:23 – 06:13 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- విశాఖ
- 06:13 – 16:50
- అనురాధ
- 16:51 – 06:13 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 06:13 – 10:36
- సౌభాగ్య
- 10:37 – 06:13 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:13 – 09:00
- కౌలవ
- 09:01 – 19:22
- తైతిల
- 19:23 – 05:45 ↗
- గరజి
- 05:46 – 06:13 ↗
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
- 06:13 – 11:28
- వృశ్చికం
- 11:29 – 06:13 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.