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Shukla Paksha refers to the bright lunar fortnight or waxing moon in the Hindu calendar. Shukla ( Sanskrit : शुक्ल ) is a Sanskrit word for "white" or "bright". The Shukla Paksha is a period of 15 days, which begins after the amavasya (new moon) day and culminating on purnima (full moon) day and is considered auspicious.
One fortnight is the bright, waxing half where the moon size grows and it ends in the full moon. This is called "Gaura Paksha" or Shukla Paksha. [42] The other half is the darkening, waning fortnight which ends in the new moon. This is called "Vadhya Paksha" or Krishna Paksha. [2]
Ekadashis are associated with the worship of the god Vishnu, patron of the Vaishnavism sect.. Ekadashi (Sanskrit: एकादशी, romanized: Ēkādaśī, lit. 'The eleventh day') is the eleventh lunar day of the waxing (Shukla Pakṣa) and waning (Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa) lunar cycles in a Vedic calendar month. [1]
Shayani Ekadashi (Sanskrit: शयनी एकादशी, romanized: Śayanī Ekādaśī, lit. 'eleventh day of sleep'), [3] also known by various other names, [note 1] is the eleventh lunar day of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of the Hindu month of Ashadha (June - July).
Prior to it Shayani Ekadashi, is observed on the eleventh lunar day of the bright fortnight (Shukla paksha). "Aadi amavasai" is an important festival in Tamil Nadu and auspicious for Amman. In many parts of Nepal, the arrival of monsoon marks a special time for cultivating rice.
Tamil literature. Tirumurai; ... (Shukla Paksha) on the month of Chaitra (March–April) of the Kashmiri Hindu calendar. ... Text is available under the Creative ...
Dwadashi (Sanskrit: द्वादशी, romanized: Dvādaśī), [1] also rendered Dvadashi, is the twelfth lunar day [2] of the shukla (bright) or krishna (dark) fortnight, or Paksha, of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar. [3]
In the lunisolar calendar, Surasamharam falls on the 6th day on the bright half (Shukla Paksha) phase of the Kartika lunar month, just 6 to 7 days after Diwali. Most South Indians celebrate Surasamharam as part of the 6 day fast known as Maha Skanda Sashti, starting from the day after Diwali up through the 6th day.