| FULL
MOON |
A
SHUKLA 15 OR PURNIMA IS CALLED SOMAVATI WHEN IT FALLS ON MONDAY AND IS
SPECIAL FOR DONATIONS. |
| ECLIPSE |
IT
IS CALLED CHUDAMANI WHEN IT IS JOINED WITH LUNAR ECLIPSE |
| CHAITRA -PURNIMA |
THIS
IS CELEBRATED BEFORE NOON HANUMAT JAYANTI SPECIAL
FOR BATHING WHEN COMBINED WITH SUNDAY, THURSDAY OR SATURDAY. |
| VAISAKH-PURNIMA |
KURMA
JAYANTI - CELEBRATED LATE AFTERNOON |
| JETH-PURNIMA |
THIS
IS CELEBRATED BEFORE NOON |
|
VATA
PURNIMA OR VATA SAVITRI - IS CELEBRATED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE TITHI
AND NOT ON THE SECOND. |
|
MAHA-JYAISHTHI-
WHEN MOON AND JUPITER ARE IN NAK. JYESHTHA AND SUN IN ROHINI. |
| ASHADH-PURNIMA |
THIS
IS CELEBRATED BEFORE NOON SIVASAYANOTSAVA, OR KOKILA- VRAT OR VYASAPUJA |
| SRAVAN-PURNIMA |
RIG-YAJUR-
SRAVAN (FOLLOWERS OF RIG AND YAJUR VEDAS) |
|
RAKSHABANDHAN
- NARALI PURNIMA (THROWING OF COCONUTS INTO THE SEA OR RIVER) HAYAGRIVA
JAYANTI |
|
|
| BHADRAPAD |
PRAUSHTHAPADI
PURNIMA OR SRADDHA. |
| ASVIN-PURNIMA |
KOJAGARI
PURNIMA OR KOJAGARA VRAT (MIDNIGHT) LAKSHMI AND INDRA WORSHIP- GAMES OF
CHANCES. |
|
|
| KARITTIK-PURNIMA |
CELEBRATED
BEFORE NOON CHATRUMASYA VRAT ENDS |
|
TRIPURI
PURNIMA OR TRIPUROTSAVA SPECIAL WHEN JOINED WITH NAKS KRITTIKA. |
|
MAHA KARTTIKA, WHEN JOINED TO NAKS ROHINI, OR WHEN MOON AND JUPITER ARE BOTH
IN KRITTIKA. |
|
PADMAKA
YOGA, WHEN MOON IN NAKS KRITTIKA AND SUN IN NAKS VISAKHA. KRITTIKA
FESTIVAL IN SOUTHERN INDIA |
| MAGSHAR-PURNIMA |
DATTATREYA
OR DATTA- JAYANTI THIS IS CELEBRATED IN THE EVENING. SPECIAL FOR
DONATION OF SALT, WHEN JOINED TO NAKS MRIGASHIRA. |
|
ARDRA
FESTIVAL IN HONOR OF SIVA AT CHIDAMBARAM AND ELSE WHERE. SIVA IN HIS
INCARNATION OF NATESA, IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN MAGSHAR PURNIMA
UNDER THE NAKS |
|
ARDRA,
THE COMBINATION COULD TAKE PLACE ONLY WHEN SOME MONTH PREVIOUS TO
MAGSHAR IS ADHIK MONTH. |
| MAGH-PURNIMA |
MAHA-MAGHI,
WHEN MOON AND JUPITER ARE BOTH IN NAKS MAGH |
| PHALGUN-PURNIMA |
THIS
IS CELEBRATED BEFORE NOON |
|
HOLIKA
OR HUTASANI PURNIMA (EVENING) KAMAN PANDIGAI (SOUTH INDIA- DEATH
OF THE INDIAN CUPID BY SIVA) |
|
|
|
AMAVASYA -----NEW MOON |
| AMAVASYA |
A
SOLAR ECLIPSES ON SUNDAY IS CHUDAMANI, AND IS SPECIAL FOR DONATION |
| SRAVANA- |
AMAVASYA
AT THE END OF SRAVANA AND BEGINNING OF BHADRAP: PITHORI OR KUSOTPATINI |
| BHADRAP |
|
| BHADRAP-ASVINA |
AMAVASYA
AT THE END OF BHADRAP AND BEGINNING OF ASVINA : SARVAPITRI OR MAHALAYA
---SPECIAL WHEN SUN AND MOON ARE BOTH IN NAKS HASTA |
| ASVIN -KRITTIKA |
AMAVASYA
AT THE END OF ASVIN AND BEGINNING OF KARTTIK IS DIWALI , WITH PERVIOUS
AND FOLLOWING TITHIS, COMBINED WITH SWATI NAKS -BEING THE SPECIAL DAY. |
|
|
| POSHA-MAGHA |
AMAVASYA
AT THE END OF POUSH AND BEGINNING OF MAGHA (1) ARDHODAYA, WHEN JOINED
WITH SUNDAY IN DAYTIME + NAKS SRAVANA + YOGA VYATIPATA. (N.B.- ONLY WHEN
SOME MONTH PREVIOUS TO MAGH IS ADHIK) |
|
AMAVASYA
AT THE END OF POUSH AND BEGINNING OF MAGH (2) MAHODAYA |
| MAGH-PHALGUN |
AMAVASYA
AT THE END OF MAGH AND BEGINNING OF PHALGUN (1) DVAPARAYUGADI
(AFTERNOON). SPECIAL FOR SRADDHAS, WHEN JOINED WITH NAKS SATABHISHA OR
NAKS DHANISHTHA. |
|
|
| PHALGUN-CHAITRA |
AMAVASYA
AT THE END OF PHALGUN AND BEGINNING OF CHAITRA --AFTERNOON |
|
|
| IMPORTANT |
AMAVASYA:
TARPANA OR MINOR SRADDHA SHOULD BE IN APARAHNA (AFTERNOON)---- |
|
7HRS
AND 20MTS TO 9HRS AND 46MTS FROM THE SUNRISE. WHEN IT OCCURS IN THE
AFTERNOON |
|
IN
TWO DAYS IS LESS THEN 24 HOURS IN LENGTH, IT IS KEPT ON THE FIRST DAY,
OTHERWISE (I E. WHEN LONGER) ON SECOND DAY. WHEN IT DOES OCCUR IN THE
AFTER OF THE TWO DAYS, |
|
IT
SHOULD BE KEPT ON THE FIRST DAY. THE SAME RULE IS OBSERVED FOR SRADDHAS. |
|
|
| SUKLAYA
JUR VEDA |
SUKLAYA
JUR VEDA.- AMAVASYA IS KEPT ON THE THIRD DAY---- BEFORE MOONRISE. |
|
|
| STRINAM |
THE
WHOLE OF THE NIGHT FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE MUST BE PURNIMA WITHOUT OCCURRENCE
OF |
| CHANDRADARSANAM |
CHATURDASI--------CHANDRA
DARSHAN |
