అమావాస్యAmavasya
Tithis 5, 10 and 15. Completion and fulfilment.
- దేవత
- The Pitris (ancestors)
- పక్షం
- కృష్ణ పక్షం
- Group
- Purna — full
- Sanskrit
- Amavasya
- Telugu
- అమావాస్య
- Number
- 15 / 15
About అమావాస్య
The fifteenth tithi completes the paksha, and it is the one place where the two halves diverge entirely. In shukla paksha it is Purnima, the full moon, sacred to Chandra and to the guru — a day of light, of vratas and of festivals. In krishna paksha it is Amavasya, the new moon, sacred to the ancestors and reserved for shraddha and tarpana.
The paksha
In krishna paksha the moon is waning, losing light each night. The waning half is treated as favourable to inward, reductive and concluding work — practice, fasting, ancestral rites and the settling of what is outstanding — rather than to new outward beginnings.
Purna — full
Purna means 'full' or 'complete'. These tithis favour the conclusion of things, ceremonies, journeys, and acts of charity and devotion. Their weekday is Thursday.
What it traditionally favours
Ancestral rites, tarpana, quiet practice — not new beginnings.
How this tithi is reckoned
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