Amavasya is the new-moon day. A tithi is a lunar "day" — the time the Moon takes to move 12° further from the Sun. This page covers its presiding deity, meaning, mythology and traditional observances.
The new moon belongs to the ancestors: tarpana, pitri-paksha rites, Mahalaya. Diwali's Lakshmi puja on Kartika Amavasya lights lamps precisely in the darkest night.
Tarpana and shraddha for ancestors; Lakshmi puja on Diwali; somavati amavasya baths.
ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆ ಪಿತೃಗಳದು: ತರ್ಪಣ, ಪಿತೃಪಕ್ಷ, ಮಹಾಲಯ. ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆಯ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಪೂಜೆ ಕತ್ತಲೆಯ ನಡುವೆಯೇ ದೀಪ ಬೆಳಗಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
ಆಚರಣೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪದ್ಧತಿ: ಪಿತೃ ತರ್ಪಣ–ಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ; ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಪೂಜೆ; ಸೋಮವತಿ ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆ ಸ್ನಾನ.