{"id":38984,"date":"2022-07-08T00:49:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T04:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=38984"},"modified":"2022-07-08T18:08:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T22:08:57","slug":"amavasya-new-moon-or-dark-moon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/amavasya-new-moon-or-dark-moon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Amavasya, new moon, or dark moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Amavasya is the new Moon night, or a night without the Moon visible in the sky. From tomorrow the Moon \u201cwill grow\u201d up to Purnima, the full Moon. Then it will decrease again up to Amavasya again.<\/span><\/p>\n

The word Amavasya means \u201cthe Moon is not there\u201d. A= no, ma= Moon, asya= there.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reason why we have waxing and waning Moon is told in the Maha-bharata, Salya Parva, chapter 35. I\u2019ll tell the story some other time.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have about 12 Amavasya nights (pratipada or prathama) in a year. These are their names:<\/span>
\nMagha Amavasya (January)<\/span>
\nPhalguna Amavasya (February)<\/span>
\nChaitra Amavasya (March)<\/span>
\nVaishakha Amavasya (April)<\/span>
\nJyeshtha Amavasya (May)<\/span>
\nJyeshtha Amavasya (June)<\/span>
\nAshadha Amavasya (July)<\/span>
\nShravana Amavasya (August)<\/span>
\nBhadrapada Amavasya (September)<\/span>
\nAshvina Amavasya (October)<\/span>
\nKartik Amavasya (November)<\/span>
\nMargashirsha Amavasya (December)<\/span><\/p>\n

The forthnight starting with Amavasya is referred to as Shukla paksha (bright half of the month).<\/span><\/p>\n

We Vedantist Vaisnavas follow the lunar calendar, while in the West the solar calendar is observed.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Sastra, Amavasya is a favorable day to offer Sraddha rituals to ancestors and other ceremonies for material gain. It is considered auspicios because Divali (Diwali) falls during a dark night.<\/span>
\nIt is also a favorable time for materialistic people to perform Kalasarpa Dosha Puja and demoniac sacrifices to appease Goddess Kali.<\/span><\/p>\n

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– Manonatha Dasa (ACBSP)<\/span>
\n24 jan 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amavasya Moon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Amavasya is new moon day in Hindu calendar.<\/span>
\nIt is significant day as many rituals are performed only on Amavasya Tithi. Amavasya falling on weekday Monday is known as Somvati Amavasya and Amavasya falling on weekday Saturday is known as Shani Amavasya.<\/span><\/p>\n

All Amavasya days are appropriate to perform Shraddha rituals to appease ancestors.<\/span>
\nAmavasya day is also appropriate day to perform Kalasarpa Dosha puja.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dates from 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

16 January (Tuesday) Magha Amavasya<\/span>
\n15 February (Thursday) Phalguna Amavasya<\/span>
\n17 March (Saturday) Chaitra Amavasya<\/span>
\n15 April (Sunday) Vaishakha Amavasya<\/span>
\n15 May (Tuesday) Jyeshtha Amavasya<\/span>
\n13 June (Wednesday) Jyeshtha Amavasya<\/span>
\n12 July (Thursday) Ashadha Amavasya<\/span>
\n10 August (Friday) Shravana Amavasya<\/span>
\n09 September (Sunday) Bhadrapada Amavasya<\/span>
\n08 October (Monday) Ashwin Amavasya<\/span>
\n07 November (Wednesday) Kartik Amavasya<\/span>
\n06 December (Thursday) Margashirsha Amavasya<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amavasya is new moon day in Hindu calendar.<\/span>
\nIt is significant day as many rituals are performed only on Amavasya Tithi. Amavasya falling on weekday Monday is known as Somvati Amavasya and Amavasya falling on weekday Saturday is known as Shani Amavasya.<\/span><\/p>\n

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#amavasya<\/span>
\n#new moon<\/span>
\nblack moon<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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