Question

Fill in the blank with appropriate word to complete the sentence.
The Amavasya night occurs about __________ days after the Poonima night.

Answer 1

Amavasya means the lunar phase of the new moon in Sanskrit. Ancient Babylonian, Greek and Indian calendars used 30 lunar phases, called tithi in India. The dark moon tithi is when the Moon is within the 12 degrees of angular distance between the Sun and Moon before the conjunction .

The New Moon tithi is the 12 angular degrees after syzygy. Amavasya is often translated as new moon since there is no standard term for the Moon before the conjunction in English.

there is 15 days cycle between Amavasya and Poornima.