Purnima is the India

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n word for Full Moon

Full Moon

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. The day of Purnima is the day (Tithi

Tithi

In vedic timekeeping, a tithi is a lunar day, or the time it takes for the longitudinal angle between the moon and the sun to increase by 12°. Tithis begin at varying times of day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to approximately 26 hours. There are 30 tithis in each lunar month, named...

) in each month in which the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnights (Paksha

Paksha

Paksha , is a fortnight in a month of the Hindu lunar calendar. Literally meaning side or period, that is either side of the Full Moon Day or Purnima...

). The Shukla ("bright") Paksha is the fortnight before, and the Krishna ("dark") Paksha is the fortnight after, Purnima.

Festivals

The following festivals occur on Purnima.

• Kartik Poornima
  Kartik Poornima
  Kartik Poornima is a Hindu holy day celebrated on the full moon day or the fifteenth lunar day of Kartik . It is also known as Tripuri poornima and Tripurari Poornima. It is sometimes called Deva-Diwali or Deva-Deppawali - the festival of lights of the gods...
  
  , is celebrated on the full moon day of Kartik
  Kartika (month)
  Kartika , is a month of Hindu and Bengali calendars, named after the Hindu god, Kartikeya....
  
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• Shravan Poornima, is the full moon day in the month of Shravan
  Shravan
  Shravan is a Sanskrit word, which literally means listening.* Shravanam is one of the nine most important angas of bhakti.Shravan Kumar belonged to the time when King Dashratha ruled Ayodhya. He was born of poor and blind parents, but they had brought him up remarkably well. He was strong healthy...
  
  . This day has a number of different names.
• Vat Pournima
  Vat Pournima
  Vat Purnima or Wata Pournima is a celebration observed in Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. Pournima means "full moon" and is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Jyeshta on the Hindu Calendar, which falls in June on the Gregorian Calendar. Women pray for their husbands by tying threads...
  
   is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Jyeshta
  Jyeshta
  Jyeshta is a month of the Hindu calendar, also known as Jeth or Iethe. In India's national civil calendar, Jyestha is the third month of the year, beginning on 21 May and ending on 22 June...
  
  . Women pray for their husbands by tying threads around a banyan tree (Vat) on this day. It honours Savitri, the legendary wife of Satyavan who escaped death for her husband's life.
• Guru Poornima, devotees offer puja (worship) to their Guru, on a full moon day.
• Sharad Purnima or Kojagiri purnima, the Autumn Harvest Festival, on a full moon day.
• Buddha Poornima, the day of birth, enlightenment and passing away of Gautama Buddha, on a full moon day.
• Holi
  Holi
  Holi , is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus. Holi is also known as festival of Colours. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, United...
  
  /Phalgun Purnima, the Spring Festival of Colours in Hinduism/Buddhism/Jainism, the full moon day in the month of Phalgun.