Six-day fast culminating in Lord Murugan's victory over demon Soorapadman (Soorasamharam)
Observed with: 6-day fast · Kavadi · Vel worship · Soorasamharam re-enactment
- శుక్ల పంచమి
- 06:21 – 18:40
- శుక్ల షష్ఠి
- 18:41 – 06:22 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 06:21 – 12:16
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 12:17 – 06:22 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 06:21 – 19:01
- గండ
- 19:02 – 06:22 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 06:21 – 18:40
- కౌలవ
- 18:41 – 06:22 ↗
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.
- ధనస్సు
- 06:21 – 18:51
- మకరం
- 18:52 – 06:22 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.