Karana
Half a tithi. Sixty karanas make a lunar month: seven movable karanas repeat eight times, and four fixed ones (Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga, Kimstughna) fall around the new moon.
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The elongation is divided into 6° steps. The first half of Shukla Pratipada is Kimstughna, the next 56 half-tithis cycle through Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Garaja, Vanija and Vishti, and the last three are Shakuni, Chatushpada and Naga.
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