Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 06:13 – 14:12
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 14:13 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రోహిణి
- 06:13 – 08:27
- మృగశిర
- 08:28 – 06:12 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 06:13 – 13:32
- సౌభాగ్య
- 13:33 – 06:12 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 06:13 – 14:12
- గరజి
- 14:13 – 03:27 ↗
- వణిజ
- 03:28 – 06:12 ↗
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
- 06:13 – 21:56
- మిథునం
- 21:57 – 06:12 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.