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OM DUM Durgayai Namah

 

Loving greetings -

I am very happy that the calendar question has come up. I spent about 6

months meditating in the Himalayas and studying the Indian calendar. The

traditional calendar, known 'Panchang', has five aspects (panch = five, anga

= limbs or parts):

* Din - solar day

* Tithi - lunar day = 23 hours, 37 minutes, 28 seconds - phases of the Moon.

* Nakshatra - the stars: constellations

* Yoga - conjunction of planets

* Karana - the 'day and the night' of the tithi. Each karana (half-tithi)

has its own particular characteristic - I'm not sure that I fully understand

'karana'.

 

Each day has its own characteristic, for example:

The 8th day is particularly auspicious to Kirshna

The 9th to Rama

The 13th to Siva

The 14th is considered by many to be an inauspicious day. For example, no

'shraddha', ancestor worship, is done on this day as it is often considered

to be unlucky.

 

with OM and Prem

Swami Saradananda

 

"Devi is all-pervading on account of the division into very small and large

parts in the form of year, ayana, season, month, fortnight, day and other

divisions of time."

- Devi Purana

 

-

parvati_saraswati

Tuesday, November 18, 2003 12:42 AM

Re: Astrea: Hindu Calendar Question

 

 

The Hindu Calendar question is based on the cycle of the moon. The

first 15 days when the moon is waxing which is the bright fortnight

is called the Shukla paksha. The 15 days when the moon is waning, the

dark fortnight is called the Krishna paksha. Generally the Shukla

paksha is more auspicious for certain things. In the Chandi, the

Goddess specifies that the 8th, 9th, and 14th days are the most

auspicious for listening to or reciting her glories. This could be

either paksha.

The 4th day is auspicious for Ganesha. The 11th day is auspicious for

Vishnu, called ekadashi. The 14th is auspicious for Shiva and the

night of no moon called Amavasya is auspicious for Kali. And of

course there is the full moon or Purnima.

If you want an exact day and time for consecrating a yantra you may

want to consult an astrologer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Namaste Saradananda,

Six months meditating in the Himalayas and studying the Indian

calendar! I am genuinely impressed!

Thank you so much for this calendar information.

I'm going to buy a Hindu calendar, all of this info should help me

decipher it. Thanks again!

 

Astraea

 

, "Saradananda" <saradananda>

wrote:

> OM DUM Durgayai Namah

>

> Loving greetings -

> I am very happy that the calendar question has come up. I spent

about 6

> months meditating in the Himalayas and studying the Indian

calendar. The

> traditional calendar, known 'Panchang', has five aspects (panch =

five, anga

> = limbs or parts):

> * Din - solar day

> * Tithi - lunar day = 23 hours, 37 minutes, 28 seconds - phases of

the Moon.

> * Nakshatra - the stars: constellations

> * Yoga - conjunction of planets

> * Karana - the 'day and the night' of the tithi. Each karana (half-

tithi)

> has its own particular characteristic - I'm not sure that I fully

understand

> 'karana'.

>

> Each day has its own characteristic, for example:

> The 8th day is particularly auspicious to Kirshna

> The 9th to Rama

> The 13th to Siva

> The 14th is considered by many to be an inauspicious day. For

example, no

> 'shraddha', ancestor worship, is done on this day as it is often

considered

> to be unlucky.

>

> with OM and Prem

> Swami Saradananda

>

> "Devi is all-pervading on account of the division into very small

and large

> parts in the form of year, ayana, season, month, fortnight, day and

other

> divisions of time."

> - Devi Purana

>

> -

> parvati_saraswati

>

> Tuesday, November 18, 2003 12:42 AM

> Re: Astrea: Hindu Calendar Question

>

>

> The Hindu Calendar question is based on the cycle of the moon. The

> first 15 days when the moon is waxing which is the bright fortnight

> is called the Shukla paksha. The 15 days when the moon is waning,

the

> dark fortnight is called the Krishna paksha. Generally the Shukla

> paksha is more auspicious for certain things. In the Chandi, the

> Goddess specifies that the 8th, 9th, and 14th days are the most

> auspicious for listening to or reciting her glories. This could be

> either paksha.

> The 4th day is auspicious for Ganesha. The 11th day is auspicious

for

> Vishnu, called ekadashi. The 14th is auspicious for Shiva and the

> night of no moon called Amavasya is auspicious for Kali. And of

> course there is the full moon or Purnima.

> If you want an exact day and time for consecrating a yantra you may

> want to consult an astrologer.

>

>

>

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