Full harvest moon — Goddess Lakshmi descends; Kheer left in moonlight
Observed with: Moonlight kheer offering · River bathing
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:13 – 13:02
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 13:03 – 06:14 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- అశ్విని
- 06:13 – 14:47
- భరణి
- 14:48 – 06:14 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- సిద్ధి
- 06:13 – 03:40 ↗
- వ్యతీపాత
- 03:41 – 06:14 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:13 – 13:02
- బాలవ
- 13:03 – 00:56 ↗
- కౌలవ
- 00:57 – 06:14 ↗
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.
- మేషం
- 06:13 – 06:14 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.