The Moon is considered as a Devata in Hinduism. It is reckoned as a Planet in Indian Astrology. Moon rules the mind and is responsible for the soundness of mind. If the Moon sign is not favorable, one is assailed by doubts,indecision, confusion ans depression. Moon waxes and wanes. From the New Moon day(Amavasya), it waxes. This period of waxing till the Full Moon (Poornima) is called the Shukla Paksha, Shulka means white.

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