Kalpadi Tithi is the starting of a day of Brahma. A day of Brahma
is equal to 4,320,000,000 human years. There has been several Kalpas. At the
end of a Kalpa there is the cosmic flood which marks the end of a cycle of
creation. Then it is the night time of Brahma. The cycle of creation again
begins on a Kalpadi Tithi.
Kalpadi Tithis are
Chaitra Shukla Paksha Pratipada – Yugadi
Chaitra Shukla Paksha Panchami
Chaitra Shukla Paksha Tritiya
Kartik Shukla Paksha Saptami
Margashirsh Shukla Paksha Navami
Magh Shukla Paksha Trayodasi
Falgun Shukla Tritiya
It is considered highly meritorious to perform Shradh and
Tarpan rituals on Kalpadi Tithis.
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