Astrology Tutorials

Dwadashi tithi is the twelfth lunar day, when the Moon is 132 to 144 degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it, and the day on which the Ekadashi fast is broken. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Dwadashi means, the Moon in each half, Vishnu as the tithi’s deity, the Bhadra tithis, Mercury as its planet, Libra and Capricorn as the burnt signs, the tithis on which Vishnu’s avatars are celebrated, Vamana and Govatsa Dwadashi, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Trayodashi tithi is the thirteenth lunar day, when the Moon is 144 to 156 degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it, and the day of the Pradosh fast for Shiva. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Trayodashi means, the Moon rising before sunset in the bright half, Kama as the tithi’s deity, the Jaya tithis of victory, Jupiter as its planet, Taurus and Leo as the burnt signs, the Pradosh days of the week, Dhanteras and Anang Trayodashi, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Chaturdashi tithi is the fourteenth lunar day, when the Moon is 156 to 168 degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it: the night before the full moon, or the dark night before the new moon. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Chaturdashi means, how much of the night the Moon lights in each, Shiva and the last Rikta tithi, Venus as the tithi’s planet, its four burnt signs, the old fear about Krishna Chaturdashi births and Parashara’s shanti, Shivaratri and Anant Chaturdashi, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Purnima tithi is the fifteenth and last day of the bright fortnight, the twelve degrees in which the Moon closes on its opposition to the Sun. What it means to be born on Purnima, why the exact full moon falls at the tithi’s end, the Moon at its strongest and opposite the Sun, Chandra as deity and Saturn as planet, a Purna tithi with no burnt signs, how the twelve months are named after the nakshatra of the full moon, why lunar eclipses fall only on Purnima, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Amavasya tithi is the new moon day, the fifteenth and last tithi of the dark fortnight, when the Moon closes the final twelve degrees to the Sun. What it means to be born on Amavasya, the combust Moon it always brings, the Pitris who preside over it, Rahu as its planet, why it has no burnt signs, why solar eclipses fall only on this tithi, the old concern about Amavasya births and the shanti for them, Diwali, Mauni and Mahalaya Amavasya, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Pratipada tithi is the first day of each lunar fortnight, the twelve degrees the Moon travels after it passes the Sun or the point opposite it. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Pratipada means, why the Moon is at its weakest in one and its fullest in the other, why a calendar shows a different tithi for about a third of births, Agni and the Nanda group, the shunya signs Libra and Capricorn, tithi gandanta, the Sun as tithi lord, what KP does with the birth tithi, and two births from practice.

Dwitiya tithi is the second lunar day, the stretch in which the Moon is twelve to twenty-four degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it. It is the day the first crescent can usually be seen. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Dwitiya means, how the Moon has just cleared the Sun in one and is still nearly full in the other, Brahma and the Bhadra tithis, the Moon as tithi lord, Sagittarius and Pisces as the burnt signs, Dwitiya in muhurta, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Tritiya tithi is the third lunar day, when the Moon is twenty-four to thirty-six degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Tritiya means, where the Moon sits in each, Gauri and the Jaya tithis of victory, Mars as the tithi’s planet, Leo and Capricorn as the burnt signs, why Akshaya Tritiya so often has both luminaries exalted, the Teej and Gauri festivals, what KP does with the tithi, and two births from practice.

Chaturthi tithi is the fourth lunar day, when the Moon is thirty-six to forty-eight degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Chaturthi means, the Moon in each half, Ganesha as the remover of obstacles, what Rikta really means and does not, Mercury as the tithi’s planet, Taurus and Aquarius as the burnt signs, why the Moon is not watched on Ganesh Chaturthi, the Sankashti and Karva Chauth moonrise, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Panchami tithi is the fifth lunar day, when the Moon is forty-eight to sixty degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Panchami means, the Moon in each half, the Nagas who preside over it, the Purna tithis of fullness, Jupiter as the tithi’s planet, Gemini and Virgo as the burnt signs, the tithi gandanta where Panchami meets Shashthi, Vasant, Nag and Rishi Panchami, what KP does with it, and two births from practice.