Lord Vishnu begins cosmic sleep (Yoga Nidra) — start of Chaturmas
Observed with: Fasting · Start of Chaturmas · No auspicious events for 4 months
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 05:48 – 23:57
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 23:58 – 05:48 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పుష్యమి
- 05:48 – 21:43
- ఆశ్లేష
- 21:44 – 05:48 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- హర్షణ
- 05:48 – 14:52
- వజ్ర
- 14:53 – 05:48 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:48 – 10:53
- కౌలవ
- 10:54 – 23:57
- తైతిల
- 23:58 – 05:48 ↗
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
- 05:48 – 05:48 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.