🪷 Śukla Pūrṇimā

BG 7.8 — light of the moon · Iśopaniṣad pūrṇa-mantra
Presiding deity: Soma / Candra · Quality: Pūrṇa (full) · rasa-darśana

🪷 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 Śukla Pūrṇimā, the door is open to the loka governed by Soma / Candra — and Krishna IS that presiding-deity (BG 9.23: "whoever worships any deity with faith, that faith is My arrangement").

Tithi #15 of 30 · Śukla-pakṣa · presiding-deity: Soma / Candra

Today (2026-06-03) is Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā — not this tithi. Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta.

🪷 Pūrṇimā · Krishna-saṅkīrtana day

Pūrṇimā (full moon) is the supreme day for saṅkīrtana · the chanting of the holy names. Krishna-Pūrṇimā · Guru-Pūrṇimā · Buddha-Pūrṇimā · Holī-Pūrṇimā · Śarad-Pūrṇimā (Krishna's rāsa-līlā night) — each a Krishna-revealing-moment. The pūrṇa-mantra of Iśopaniṣad operates: "pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ" — completeness from completeness.

BG 10.21 · "nakṣatrāṇām ahaṁ śaśī" — among nakshatras I am the Moon

Classical attributes

Tithi-number#15 of 30
PakṣaŚukla (waxing/waning)
Presiding deitySoma / Candra
QualityPūrṇa (full) · rasa-darśana
BG-aspectBG 7.8 — light of the moon · Iśopaniṣad pūrṇa-mantra
Auspiciousness✓ auspicious

Significant festivals on this tithi

Cross-references

📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra · Tithi-Adhyāya — Classical authority on tithi attributes · deity assignments · auspiciousness
  2. Muhūrta-Cintāmaṇi · tithi-classification for muhūrta — The treatise governing which tithis are auspicious for which rites
  3. Sūrya-Siddhānta · Sun-Moon angular-separation computation (~500 CE) — The astronomical source for tithi-as-Sun-Moon-angle calculation
Categories: Tithis (Lunar Days) · Jyotiṣa Reference · Śukla Pakṣa · Tithi #15 · Pañchāṅga Five-Limbs · Muhūrta-Cintāmaṇi Reference