Sacred bathing day — start of month-long Magha mela bathing
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:49 – 18:22
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 18:23 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 06:49 – 02:07 ↗
- ఆశ్లేష
- 02:08 – 06:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ప్రీతి
- 06:49 – 20:14
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 20:15 – 06:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బవ
- 06:49 – 18:22
- బాలవ
- 18:23 – 06:49 ↗
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.
- కర్కాటకం
- 06:49 – 06:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.