Is Amavasya really inauspicious?

A lot of people think that we have a lot of technology and science today. We use this stuff as a defense to not accepting a lot of things in the name of being so cool. But all we make of ourselves is a fool. The civilisations prior were much more advanced. What current science is doing was known and much more was known millenniums ago. Whatever rules were made were not mere cultural fantasies. They had meaning which unfortunately not many people accept. Just shows how idiocy has increased. Thus proving that we are dumb compared to previous civilisations. Amavasya is considered so because the moon is in a certain position relative to earth on that day. It makes the energies rise upwards due to gravity.

If you are a fool you will be slightly more on Amavasya/Poornima. Same If you are sad or anything. excess blood circulation is pulled towards brain. Making us do things without control. ( control not the way you know it). Everything rises up. If people used common sense they could just see tides on Amavasya/Poornima. Same happens to blood and our body is 70% water. Moon has an effect on you too. Law of gravity — everything in this universe is exerting gravitational pull on every other thing in the universe.

There are two reasons to this action. One is practical while the other being philosophical. The practical one started off as a logical reason but ended up being a completely illogical blind faith. In the ancient times when electricity was not available, it was difficult to traverse through roads at night. Since development was lesser than today, most roads and paths were covered or surrounded by plants and trees making it even more difficult to walk through. The only way to safely travel was by using a fire torch or rely on the moonlight. A fire torch has a limited life. This led to people relying on moonlight more.

On the day of Amavasya (New Moon Day), the sky would be dark and there would be no light to rely on while travelling. It caused more accidents and animal attacks, especially snake bites. So most people started avoiding travelling on the Amavasya. Over the period of time, people followed this blindly without knowing the reasons. They began to rationalise it as a practice because of Amavasya being inauspicious. The philosophical reasoning behind this is that Amavasya is the time when the world goes beneath a veil of darkness. The darkness which hides the truth. To begin something new on the day was considered to be a bad omen.

Practical life time is graduated by ancients either using Sun’s orbit or Moon’s orbit. Some note is Suryamana or Chandramana… Chandramana appears more granular in a sense..but as English calendar year is based on movement of Sun, it sometimes misaligns with the normal calendar. Coming to the question of Amavasya - moon is always there only it is shadowed from the light of sun. And not it is a Tao and how we look at it. If we take a day called Amavasya - it is a gradual decline of light to a complete darkness.

On the other hand it is a complete darkness which has to positively evolve and become brighter. In certain traditions the later is consider auspicious. That is things only have to become better now. So only the pakshas - Krishna paksha - receding moon and Shukla paksha - evolving moon becomes relevant based on the context and beliefs. To me overall its symbolic. There is nothing good and bad unless we decide on what is our goal and be positive about it.

Do good every time, there is no bad effect on good actions. the return will always be good. Perform good deeds, give food to the one who is in hunger. Keep your thoughts pure and positive, always have good wishes for all. Importantly, know your true self and the true creator. We are beyond the matter so you don't have to be scared of Amavasya or pournima. Cheers!