amavasya
amāvāsyāThe new-moon tithi, the dark night that closes the waning paksha; a day of shraddha for the ancestors in the lunar reckoning of the panchanga.
Where this term appears
- What is Diwali? Worship
Lakshmi Puja , on the amavasya (the new moon) of Kartika, is the main night: the dark of the moon, the rows of lamps, the welcome of the goddess of fortune.
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
…new-moon night the cup is empty, which is precisely why the new moon, amavasya , is the day the tradition sets aside for offerings to the ancestors.
- Reading the Hindu Calendar Treatise
It is an intersection in the sky. Diwali is the new moon, the amavasya , of the month of Kartika .
- The Pot of Nectar Treatise
…lunar calendar of the first volume, the new moon of Magha , the Mauni Amavasya , drawing the very largest crowds.
- The Rhythms Within the Month Treatise
The amavasya , the new moon, the dark night when the moon vanishes, turns the attention the other way, toward the ancestors.
- Victory and Light Treatise
The third, the heart of it, is the new moon of Kartika itself, amavasya , the darkest night of the darkest fortnight, and on this night the lamps are lit, row upon row, in every window and doorway and along eve…
- The Bengal Renaissance And Ramakrishna Treatise
On the night of June 5, 1872 — the auspicious Phalaharini Amavasya , the new-moon night on which the goddess is propitiated by the offering of fruits — at the Dakshineshwar Kali Temple on the Hooghly river outs…