In California - satya narayana vratam 15th or 16th ?-Thank you

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Dear Narisimha Rao and others,

Thank you for your detailed message.

I will do it at 10-12 in the morning on May 15th (PDT)

that is equivalent to 1-3 (EDT) on May 15th as

mentioned by you..

I hope that is right.

 

Once again thank you for your information.

Sel

 

--- "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr wrote:

> Dear Sel,

>

> > Dear Narasimha P.V.R. Rao and others,

> >

> > I do not have much knowledge of the auspicious

> days.

> > Kindly let me know when to perform the vratam in

> > California ? When to perform the vratam and when

> to

> > take the prasadam? Can one do it alone? If so what

> can

> > one do to perform the vratam? Kindly illuminate.

> > Thank you,

> > Sel

>

> Normally it would've been 15th night even in

> California. But, the eclipse this time messes up

> things.

>

> One is not supposed to do any rituals at the time of

> an eclipse. In fact, one is not supposed to eat from

> a few hours before the eclipse to a few hours after

> the eclipse. Doing the vratam and not eating prasad

> and serving it to people is wrong. Eating the prasad

> during (or a couple of hours before) the vratam is

> also wrong.

>

> So, a wise course of action would be to do the

> vratam one day earlier or one day later. If you are

> simply looking for an auspicious day to do the

> vratam, probably you can wait till the next month

> and do it on next Full Moon night (June 13th night

> in California). If you do it on every Pournima (like

> I do) and do not want to skip it this month because

> of eclipse, then you will have to either do it on

> the next day or the previous day or during the

> daytime on May 15. In my case, my father's advice

> was to do it 1 pm - 3 pm (EDT) on May 15th, while

> Pournima is still active and Moon is still away from

> the nodal influence. After I got his advice, that

> was my final decision.

>

> Yes, you can do the vratam alone. Though some people

> think only couples do this vratam, there is nothing

> in sastras like that. To find the details of the

> ritual, look at Reva khandam in Skaanda puraanam.

>

> You first pray to Ganesha (please no arguments on

> who should be prayed first. The procedure and order

> I am mentioning was explicitly taught to Narada by

> Vishnu). Then you pray to Varuna in kalasam (a

> vessel) established in the middle of the pooja area.

> Then you invoke to the 5 loka palakas (Ganesha,

> Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra and Durga) in the northern

> direction from the kalasam and pray to them. Then

> you invoke the Nava grahas (9 planets) along with

> adhidevatas and pratyadhidevatas (primary and

> secondary ruling deities) in the respective vaastu

> directions ruled by them. Then you invoke the rulers

> of the 8 directions (ashta dikapalakas) in the 8

> directions of the pooja area. You invoke and Brahma

> and Achyuta (rulers of the other 2 directions - down

> and up) in the center (north and south of kalasam).

> Finally, you invoke Satya Narayana and pray to him

> with 16 services using mantras from Purusha sookta.

> Finally you read Satya Narayana's 108 names and/or

> Vishnu's 1000 names. After offering prasad and

> mantra pushpam, you read the story and then eat the

> prasad.

>

> The exact mantras can be found in many books printed

> in Indian languages.

>

> If you cannot do all this, simply read Vishnu

> Sahasram or say "Om SatyaNaaraayanaaya namah" or

> even "Om Tat Sat" as manhy times as you can.

>

> This month is a mess due to the eclipse, but you can

> do all this on other Full Moon nights.

>

> May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> Narasimha

>

>

 

 

 

 

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