Talk:Manvādi-tithi

By Swami Harshananda

Manvādi-tithi literally means ‘the day on which a manvantara starts’.

There are fourteen manvantaras. Each of these manvantaras is said to begin on a particular day. This is called ‘manvādi-tithi’. The following are the fourteen manvādi-tithis:

1. Aśvina-śukla-navamī - 9th day of the bright half of Āśvina
2. Kārttika-śukla-dvādaśī - 12th day of the bright half of Kārttika
3. Caitra-śukla-tṛtīyā - 3rd day of the bright half of Caitra
4. Bhādrapada-śukla-tṛtīyā - 3rd day of the bright half of Bhādrapada
5. Amāvāsyā of Phālguna - new-moon day of Phālguna
6. Pauṣa-śukla-ekādaśī - 11th day of bright half of Pauṣa or Puṣya
7. Āṣādha-śukla-daśamī - 10th day of the bright half of Āsādha
8. Māgha-śukla-saptamī - 7th day of the bright fortnight of Māgha
9. Śrāvaṇa-kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī - 8th day of the dark half of Śrāvaṇa
10. Purṇimā - full-moon of the months of Āṣāḍha, Kārttika, Phālguṇa, Caitra and Jyeṣṭha

These manvādi-tithis are considered extremely good for the performance of śrāddhas to appease the pitṛs or the manes.

References

• The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore