Auspicious for beginning any work, for agriculture, for building, for the installation of a king and for setting out on a journey. It is the day the lunar month opens, and the new year in several regional reckonings. Nanda class.
Meaning
Pratipada is the first tithi, the day the Moon is twelve degrees past the Sun, and its adhidevata is Agni, the fire that carries offerings. It is the tithi of commencement, read as the moment when a thing may properly be begun.