TITHI :
The various tithis starting from New moon (Amavasya) are as follows:
1.PRATHIPAD--First
2.DVITIYA --Second
3.TRITIYA --Third
4.CHATURTHI--Fourth
5.PANCHAMI--Fifth
6.SHASHTI --Sixth
7.SAPTAMI --Seventh
8.ASHTAMI--Eighth
9.NAVAMI --Ninth
10.DASHAMI --Tenth
11.EKADASHI--Eleventh
12.DVADASHI--Twelfth
13.THRIODASHI--Thirteenth
14.CHATURDASI--Fourteenth
After these 14 tithis , Poornima occurs. This phase is called Shuklapaksha.The same tithis are repeated in the Krishnapaksha also.
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