Navratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Kanya Pujan · Havan
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 06:01 – 03:56 ↗
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 03:57 – 06:00 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- కృత్తిక
- 06:01 – 12:40
- రోహిణి
- 12:41 – 06:00 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ఆయుష్మాన్
- 06:01 – 13:19
- సౌభాగ్య
- 13:20 – 06:00 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 06:01 – 15:52
- విష్టి
- 15:53 – 03:56 ↗
- బవ
- 03:57 – 06:00 ↗
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
- 06:01 – 06:00 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.