Observed with: Fasting · Vishnu worship · Tulasi puja · Dwadashi parana
- శుక్ల తదియ
- 05:41 – 16:11
- శుక్ల చవితి
- 16:12 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- ఆర్ద్ర
- 05:41 – 17:17
- పునర్వసు
- 17:18 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 05:41 – 12:07
- గండ
- 12:08 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:41 – 16:11
- వణిజ
- 16:12 – 02:43 ↗
- విష్టి
- 02:44 – 05:41 ↗
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.
- మిథునం
- 05:41 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.