Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- శుక్ల ఏకాదశి
- 05:45 – 13:53
- శుక్ల ద్వాదశి
- 13:54 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- విశాఖ
- 05:45 – 00:23 ↗
- అనురాధ
- 00:24 – 05:45 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధ
- 05:45 – 10:35
- సాధ్య
- 10:36 – 05:45 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 05:45 – 13:53
- బవ
- 13:54 – 00:37 ↗
- బాలవ
- 00:38 – 05:45 ↗
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
- 05:45 – 18:50
- వృశ్చికం
- 18:51 – 05:45 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.