Lord Vishnu wakes from cosmic sleep — end of Chaturmas; auspicious season begins
Observed with: Fasting · End of Chaturmas · Tulsi Vivah performed · Weddings resume
- శుక్ల అష్టమి
- 06:23 – 21:34
- శుక్ల నవమి
- 21:35 – 06:23 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ధనిష్ఠ
- 06:23 – 17:11
- శతభిష
- 17:12 – 06:23 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- ధ్రువ
- 06:23 – 17:59
- వ్యాఘాత
- 18:00 – 06:23 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- విష్టి
- 06:23 – 09:31
- బవ
- 09:32 – 21:34
- బాలవ
- 21:35 – 06:23 ↗
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.
- కుంభం
- 06:23 – 06:23 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.