Full harvest moon — Goddess Lakshmi descends; Kheer left in moonlight
Observed with: Moonlight kheer offering · River bathing
- పూర్ణిమ
- 06:10 – 00:28 ↗
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 00:29 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 06:10 – 21:47
- అశ్విని
- 21:48 – 06:10 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వ్యాఘాత
- 06:10 – 09:14
- హర్షణ
- 09:15 – 05:42 ↗
- వజ్ర
- 05:43 – 06:10 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:10 – 13:55
- బవ
- 13:56 – 00:28 ↗
- బాలవ
- 00:29 – 06:10 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 06:10 – 21:47
- మేషం
- 21:48 – 06:10 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.