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Mauni Amavasya: मौनी अमावस्या Second Amrit Snan; believed to be highly auspicious for cleansing sins Monday 3 February 2025 Vasant Panchami: वसंत पंचमी Third Amrit Snan; marks the arrival of spring and is significant for devotees Wednesday 12 February 2025 Magha Purnima: माघ पूर्णिमा
Pancha-Dravida have month from next day of Amavasya to Amavasya . Amavasya is last 29/30 days (Amanta). Śhukla paksha is called as the bright half as the Moon changes from New Moon to Full Moon while in Krishna paksha it changes from Full Moon to New Moon. Hence it is seen that same Amavasya has same festival all over the country.
Aati amaase (Tulu:ಆಟಿ ಅಮಾಸೆ) it is also called as Aati Amavese, Ashada Amavase, Aati Amavasye, Deevige Karkataka Amavasya or Bhimana Amavasya. It is celebrated in the Aati month of the tulu calendar in Tulunadu region on the new moon day. [1] Aati is the fourth month of the oldest traditional Indian solar calendar.
It begins on the Pratipada (first day of the fortnight) ending with the no moon day known as Sarvapitri Amavasya, Pitri Amavasya, Peddala Amavasya or Mahalaya Amavasya (simply Mahalaya) Most years, the autumnal equinox falls within this period, i.e. the Sun transitions from the northern to the southern hemisphere during this period.
[31] [32] The festival is observed over many days, with the day of Amavasya attracting the largest number on a single day. According to official figures, the largest one-day attendance at the Kumbh Mela was 30 million on 10 February 2013, [ 33 ] [ 34 ] and 50 million on 4 February 2019.
The origin of the festival is rooted in the mythological story about a fight between the gods and demons over a Kumbh (a pitcher) of nectar that emerged during the churching of the ocean.
Around 160,000 tents, 150,000 toilets and a 776-mile (1,249-kilometer) drinking water pipeline have been installed at a temporary tent city covering 4,000 hectares, roughly the size of 7,500 ...
The event - held once every 12 years - starts on Monday and over the next six weeks, the devout will bathe at Sangam - the confluence of India's most sacred Ganges river with the Yamuna river and ...