satya narayana vratam 15th or 16th -- in Houston

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Dear Narasimha,

 

I am in Houston(CST). I am planning to perform on 15th

night per your advise.

 

Do I need to take care of any special timings like in

California.

 

Regards,

 

Sai

 

--- sel 2k <sel2k2002 wrote:

> 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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