tithi

Saptami tithi is the seventh lunar day, when the Moon is seventy-two to eighty-four degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Saptami means, a Moon close to half lit in both halves, the waxing Moon tithi by tithi, Surya as deity and Saturn as planet, the Bhadra tithis, Cancer and Sagittarius as the burnt signs, Ratha Saptami and the Sun’s days, what KP does with the tithi, and two births from practice.

Ashtami tithi is the eighth lunar day, the day of the half Moon, when the Moon is eighty-four to ninety-six degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Ashtami means, why the Moon’s classical strength turns here, Shiva as deity and Rahu as planet, the Jaya tithis of contest, Gemini and Virgo as the burnt signs, Janmashtami’s midnight moonrise and the other named Ashtamis, what KP does with the tithi, and two births from practice.

Navami tithi is the ninth lunar day, when the Moon is ninety-six to 108 degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Navami means, how the Moon’s standing has now reversed in each half, Durga and the fierce Rikta tithis, the Sun as the tithi’s planet where the cycle of lords begins again, a reference table of every tithi’s deity, planet, class and burnt signs, Ram Navami and Maha Navami, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Dashami tithi is the tenth lunar day, when the Moon is 108 to 120 degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Dashami means, the Moon usually in trine to the Sun in the bright half, Yama as Dharmaraja rather than as a figure of fear, the Purna tithis, the Moon as the tithi’s planet, Leo and Scorpio as the burnt signs, Vijayadashami among the self-auspicious days, Ganga Dussehra, what KP makes of it, and two births from practice.

Ekadashi tithi is the eleventh lunar day, when the Moon is 120 to 132 degrees past the Sun or past the point opposite it, and the day of the most widely kept fast in the Hindu calendar. What a birth on Shukla or Krishna Ekadashi means, the Moon in each half, the Vishvedevas and Vishnu, the Nanda tithis, Mars as the tithi’s planet, Sagittarius and Pisces as the burnt signs, why Smarta and Vaishnava calendars can list different Ekadashi dates, what KP does with the tithi, and two births from practice.

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.