Navaratri Day 8 — Worship of Maa Mahagauri
Observed with: Durga puja · Kumari puja · Sandhi puja at Ashtami-Navami junction
- శుక్ల విదియ
- 06:07 – 22:06
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 22:07 – 06:07 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- చిత్త
- 06:07 – 08:32
- స్వాతి
- 08:33 – 06:07 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వైధృతి
- 06:07 – 16:09
- విష్కంభ
- 16:10 – 06:07 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:07 – 09:27
- కౌలవ
- 09:28 – 22:06
- తైతిల
- 22:07 – 06:07 ↗
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
- 06:07 – 06:07 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.