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Balipratipada (Bali-pratipadā), also called as Bali-Padyami, Padva, Virapratipada or Dyutapratipada, is the fourth day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. [2] [3] It is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya-king Bali (Mahabali) to earth. Balipratipada falls in the Gregorian calendar months of October or November.
The astronomical basis of the Hindu lunar day. In Vedic timekeeping, a tithi is a "duration of two faces of moon that is observed from earth", known as milа̄lyа̄ (Newar: 𑐩𑐶𑐮𑐵𑐮𑑂𑐫𑐵𑑅, मिलाल्याः) in Nepal Bhasa, [1] or the time it takes for the longitudinal angle between the Moon and the Sun to increase by 12°.
In Andhra Pradesh, Ram Navami is observed for ten days, from Chaitra Saptami to Bahula Padyami (March/April). Temples in the region often reenact the marriage ceremony of Lord Rama and Sita to commemorate the dual significance of this day as both their birth and wedding anniversary. [9] Gudi Padwa, Cheti Chand, Yugadi, Navreh (Chandramana Nava ...
Also called: Samvatsaradi (Telugu new year), Ugadi (Kannada new year)Observed by: Hindus in Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa: Type: Religious (Hindu), social, cultural
The temple only opens on the following Thursday of the full moon day in the month of Ashwija, The temple closes the next day of Deepavali's Bali Padyami. [20] [21] On the day of Balipadyami a Jaatre (fair) called Raavanotsava will be held, it is dedicated to lord Siddheshwara swamy. [22] [23] [24]
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.
This festival is celebrated a day after Diwali's Bali Padyami in the small village of Gumatapura, in Karnataka, India. [2] [3] A similar festival is celebrated in Thalavadi village of Erode district in Tamil Nadu. [4]
Amāvásyā (Sanskrit: अमावस्या) is the lunar phase of the new moon in Sanskrit.Indian calendars use 30 lunar phases, called tithi in India. [1] [2] The dark moon tithi is when the Moon is within 12 degrees of the angular distance between the Sun and Moon before conjunction (). [3]