History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.272

v6.c81.272

*Tithi* is of two kinds,¹⁸¹ *pūrṇā* (complete or full) and *sakhaṇḍā*. When a single tithi covers the whole day from sunrise for sixty nāḍikās (or ghaṭikās) the tithi is pūrnā, i. e. the tithi begins exactly at sunrise and ends with the next sunrise and is exactly 60 ghaṭikās in extent. All others than this are sakhaṇḍa, these latter again are of two kinds śuddhā and viddhā (pierced by or intermixed with another).¹⁸² A śuddhā tithi is one that extends from sunrise to sunset or (in the case of some tithis like śivarātrī) up till midnight; other sakhaṇḍa tithis are called *viddhā*. *Vedha* is of two kinds, morning vedha and evening vedha; the former generally occurs when after six ghaṭikās from sunrise a tithi touches or gets merged with the next tithi, while the latter (evening vedha) generally occurs when a tithi touches another tithi six ghaṭikās before sunset In the case of certain tithis the period prescribed may exceed six ghaṭikās