Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 05:49 – 23:08
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 23:09 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- మృగశిర
- 05:49 – 23:46
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 23:47 – 05:49 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- అతిగండ
- 05:49 – 15:31
- సుకర్మ
- 15:32 – 05:49 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- వణిజ
- 05:49 – 11:45
- విష్టి
- 11:46 – 23:08
- బవ
- 23:09 – 05:49 ↗
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.
- వృషభం
- 05:49 – 12:01
- మిథునం
- 12:02 – 05:49 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.