🪷 Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this tithi IS Krishna
The 15-tithi Sun-Moon angular cycle is Krishna's lunar darśana · each tithi is one of the 15 cosmic doors through which the soul descends or ascends (see Lagna-Tithi-Loka). On Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā, the door is open to the loka governed by Pitṛ-deva — and Krishna IS that presiding-deity (BG 9.23: "whoever worships any deity with faith, that faith is My arrangement").
Tithi #30 of 30 · Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa · presiding-deity: Pitṛ-deva
Today (2026-06-03) is Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā — not this tithi. Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta.
🪷 Amāvasyā · Pitṛ-tarpaṇa for Krishna's ancestors
Amāvasyā (new moon) is when the pitṛ-loka is closest · the day for śrāddha and tarpaṇa. Krishna performed pitṛ-tarpaṇa for Vasudeva's ancestors · honoring the unbroken Yādava-Vṛṣṇi lineage. BG 1.41-42 emphasizes the karmic weight of pitṛ-puruṣa duties.
— BG 10.29 · "pitṝṇām aryamā cāsmi" — among pitṛs I am Aryamā
Classical attributes
| Tithi-number | #30 of 30 |
|---|---|
| Pakṣa | Kṛṣṇa (waxing/waning) |
| Presiding deity | Pitṛ-deva |
| Quality | Śūnya-bindu · pitṛ-tarpaṇa |
| BG-aspect | BG 9.16 — I am the offering to the ancestors |
| Auspiciousness | ✗ generally avoided |
Significant festivals on this tithi
- Mauni Amāvasyā
- Mahālayā Amāvasyā
- Diwali (Kārtika Amāvasyā)
Cross-references
- Today's day-page · full pañcāṅga
- Krishna-as-Paramaatma · BG 7
- Viśvarūpa-Kāla · time as Krishna's body
- Cosmic-Time · BG 8
📚 See Also
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia of grahas · rāśis · nakshatras · tithis · karaṇas
- Cosmic-Time · BG 8 Akṣara-Brahma · Kalpa · Manvantara · Yuga framework
- Viśvarūpa-Kāla · BG 10.30 + 11.32 · Krishna IS Time (kālaḥ kalayatām aham)
- Today's day-page · 2026-06-03 · Full pañcāṅga with this tithi active or upcoming
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See what tithi YOU were born under
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra · Tithi-Adhyāya — Classical authority on tithi attributes · deity assignments · auspiciousness
- Muhūrta-Cintāmaṇi · tithi-classification for muhūrta — The treatise governing which tithis are auspicious for which rites
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · Sun-Moon angular-separation computation (~500 CE) — The astronomical source for tithi-as-Sun-Moon-angle calculation