Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 05:44 – 16:46
- శుక్ల సప్తమి
- 16:47 – 05:44 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుబ్బ
- 05:44 – 01:01 ↗
- ఉత్తర
- 01:02 – 05:44 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధి
- 05:44 – 17:45
- వ్యతీపాత
- 17:46 – 05:44 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- తైతిల
- 05:44 – 16:46
- గరజి
- 16:47 – 05:17 ↗
- వణిజ
- 05:18 – 05:44 ↗
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.
- సింహం
- 05:44 – 05:44 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.