Panchami

Jyotisha

Tradition · Vedic Jyotish
Alternate Names
PancamiPanchami (southern)the fifth lunar day
Kind
Panchanga tithi
Sanskrit
पञ्चमी
English
the fifth tithi of the fortnight
Use

Auspicious for all good work: wealth, marriage, learning, travel and the consecration of images. Also the day of the serpents' propitiation, Naga Panchami.

Meaning

Panchami is the fifth tithi, and its adhidevata is the Nagas, the serpent powers, to whom the day is given in the festival of Naga Panchami. It is a Purna tithi and is read as favourable for anything that is to be completed rather than begun.

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