tithi
Glossary
Type a name in any script, a term, a question, or a combination such as “Saturn in the 7th”.
Tithi is a lunar day: the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun (SS 14.12). Thirty make a lunar month, fifteen in each pakṣa.
Also written lunar day · thithi · तिथि
Where the primer explains it
The pañcāṅga: the five limbs of the day
The almanac describes each day by the tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. Each limb has its own reckoning and its own uses.
Muhūrta: choosing a moment
How the almanac’s tithi, weekday, nakṣatra, yoga, karaṇa and lagna are weighed to choose the time to begin a piece of work.
Praśna: questions
The chart of the moment a question is asked is read by the Ṣaṭpañcāśikā and by Tājika.
What the texts say
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