Shukla Padyamiపాడ్యమి
Tithis 1, 6 and 11. Celebration and beginnings.
- Deity
- Agni
- Paksha
- Shukla Paksha
- Group
- Nanda — joyful
- Sanskrit
- Pratipada
- Telugu
- పాడ్యమి
- Number
- 1 / 15
About Shukla Padyami
The first tithi of a paksha, and therefore a threshold. In shukla paksha it is the day after the new moon, when the first sliver of the moon becomes visible; in krishna paksha it follows the full moon and begins the waning. Its deity is Agni, the fire that carries an offering from this world to the next, and its character is that of ignition — the moment something is set going.
The paksha
In shukla paksha the moon is waxing, gaining light each night. The tradition treats the waxing half as favourable to growth, expansion and outward undertakings, and most auspicious ceremonies are placed in it.
Nanda — joyful
Nanda means 'delight'. These tithis favour festivity, auspicious openings, art and anything undertaken in good spirits. They are ruled in the muhurta scheme by Friday, and work begun on a Nanda tithi that falls on a Friday is held to be doubly favoured.
What it traditionally favours
Beginnings, installing images and lamps, fire rituals, and the first day of an undertaking.
How this tithi is reckoned
The tithi shown on any date page is the one running at sunrise in the city you have selected, which is the convention used by published panchangams. Because a tithi can begin or end at any hour, the same calendar date can carry a different tithi in two cities several time zones apart — this is a real difference, not an error, and it is why every timing on this site is computed for a specific place rather than for a country.