Purnima
Purnima is the fifteenth tithi of the waxing fortnight, the full moon, when the Moon stands opposite the Sun and its paksha bala is at its height. It is the Purna tithi of the bright fortnight and the day of the full-moon observances, and its adhidevata is Vishnu (with Chandra, the Moon, in some lists).
Purna class. Purnima is the one tithi of the fifteen whose waning counterpart has a different name - Amavasya, the new moon, whose adhidevata is the Pitrs, the ancestors - so the pair is recorded as Purnima and Amavasya rather than as a Krishna-Purnima. Shukla (waxing) tithi: the krishna (waning) tithi of the same number carries the same name and the same adhidevata with the prefix Krishna, and the waning fifteen are recorded as a group rather than as separate entries.
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Pournamithe full moonthe fifteenth lunar day
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Panchanga tithi
- Sanskrit
- पूर्णिमा
- English
- the fifteenth tithi of the bright fortnight; the full moon
- Meaning
Purnima is the fifteenth tithi of the waxing fortnight, the full moon, when the Moon stands opposite the Sun and its paksha bala is at its height. It is the Purna tithi of the bright fortnight and the day of the full-moon observances, and its adhidevata is Vishnu (with Chandra, the Moon, in some lists).
Details
- Deity
- Vishnu
- Use
Auspicious for all good work: charity, marriage, religious rites, the Satyanarayana observance and the full-moon fast. Purna class, and the strongest tithi of the bright fortnight.
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