Following are the recommended activities on each of the Tithis :
1. PRATIPADA: (Vridhi Prada : rise giver )
Works: Marriage, travel, house, entering into a house, Pratista (fame, honour), shaving, Samskaras like Seemant. tonsure, Upanayana, peaceful & developmental works, farming, intoxicant & medicine making, oiling, bed, sitting items (Aassan), stone work, cutting of trees, sculpture, Alankar. (These activities are to be performed on 1 thithi of Dark Half (Krishna Paksha ) & not on the 1thithi of the Brighter Half (Sukla Paksha)
2. DWTIYA: (Mangala Prada : augurs auspiciousness) Works: Marriage, Upanayana, Deva Pratishta (installation of God's idol) all Paushtik (developmental) and Manglik (auspicious) treasury, army, travel, music, art, sculpture, Alankar , ornament making & wearing.
3. TRITIYA: (Bala Prada: bestows power)
Works: First feeding, Upanayana, Deva Pratistha, Manglik works, tonsure, worshipping of water, painting, singing, art, education, entry into house, jewellery, work related to animals (horse, elephant),
conveyance
4 . CHATURTHI: (Khala Prada : wicked & cruel)
Works: Use of weapon, keeping arms, killing of enemy, arrest, poisoning, igniting fire, sorrowful, Atharva Vidya, works related to electricity. No Manglik works should be done as they get destroyed.
5. PANCHAMI: (Lakshmi Prada : wealth giver)
Works: All auspicious works. Upnayana, Paushtik works, Manglik Utsav, Griha Shanti, travel, stationary and moving works. Do not lend money,
6. SHASHTI: (Yasho Prada : fame giver )
Works: House, war, travel, land, animal, market & marketing, trade, sale purchase, service social customs, art, painting sculpture, wood work, Alankar. jewellery, clothes designing, oil massage,
donation & welfare, water works, ancestral (Pitri) works.
7. SAPTAMI (Mitra Prada: increases friends)
Works: Marriage, dance, music, singing, jewellery making & wearing, Alankar, hand works, travel, entering house, war, works related to elephants.
8. ASHTAMI : (Dwanda Prada : generates conflict)
Works: Women related works. Alankar, enjoyment, dance, jewellery making & wearing, art, sculpture, painting, writing, house, foundation laying, war, government works, government celebrations,
trade, farming, stone, steel, water related works. Do not eat meat.
9. NAVAMI: (Ugra Prada : increases aggressive)
Works: Hunting, poisoning, making of fire arms, fire, gambling. drinking & making drinks, quarrel, opposition / encounter.
10. DASHAMI: (Saumya Prada : increases soberness)
Works: Manglik works, marriage, Upanayana, Alankar, peaceful & Paushtik works, installation, travel, conveyance, elephant, horse, enter, government works.
11 EKADASHI: Anand Prada : inculcates happiness)
Works: Marriage, religious works, Devotsava, fast, completion of fasts, Alankar, Upanayana, jewellery, painting, learning of sculpturing, clothes designing, dress, dance, travel, enter, starting of house, manufacturing of drinks, trade.
12 DWADASHI: (Yasho Prado: fame giver)
Works: Movable & fixed works, peaceful & Paushtik works, first feeding, Upanayana, marriage. Avoid travelling, entering in new house and oil massage.
13. TRIYODASHI: (Java Prada : brings victory)
Works: Alankar, Pratishta, Agnayadhan, marriage, travel, enter, clothes, war, all Manglik works except Upanayana.
14. CHATURDASHI: (Ugra Prada : increases aggressiveness)
Works : Bad works, poisoning, attack by deception, war, weapon, arms making, fire, arresting, success in cruel works, steel. Bad for Manglik, travel & hair cutting.
15 POORNIMA : (Saumya Prada : bestows soberness)
Works: All Manglik works, religious rituals, peaceful and Paushtik works, Pratishta, temple, marriage, painting, sculpture, art, ornaments, house, war. Sex, oil massage and Upanayana are strictly prohibited
30 AMAVASYA: (Pitri Prada: ancestral related actions)
Works: Religious works, Yagya donation, Agnihotra, Aganyadhan, ancestral works. All auspicious works other than ancestral works get destroyed if done in the New Moon. It is not good for sex.
Apart from the favourable Thithis for specific activities other factors such as Chandra Bala and Tara Bala , Lagna Bala among others to be considered before fixing the muhurta for performing any activity. This has to be known by consulting a known astrologer.
