Purnima or Pournami (Sanskrit: पूर्णिमा) is the word for full moon in Sanskrit. Purnima means ‘night or day of Full Moon’. It is the time when the Moon is fully illuminated. Purnima comes on the 15th tithi of the bright half (Shukla paksh or waxing phase) of the lunar fortnight. The end of Purnima tithi
