Shree Ganeshai Namah
Jai Mataji,
Diwali Wishes
Let's overcome the darkness and celebrate the victory over evil with light of our diyas, with good faith, by praying to Godess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh, and with happiness and warmth in our hearts. Diwali is a festival of lights that brings families together and we are all family - have a Happy Diwali.
Hope you all have a great year ahead... HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Introduction
The Hindu festivals, fasts, rituals, holy baths and the observance of sacred days are part and parcel of the great cultural heritage. They are religious and social and a great source of spiritual and moral enrichment. They also lend zest, variety, colour and grandeur to an otherwise insipid, routine and care-worn day-to–day human existence. The Hindu festivals are more than what they appear to be. They are essentially a way of living and thinking in the course of existence, and as such bring their whole right to bear on the individual and the society.
Unlike the deities of the Hindu pantheon, the festivals are numerous and frequent, but basically religious, psychological and intimately connected with the changes of seasons, though many of them have lost the history of their origin in the mists of hoary past. With passage of time they have undergone a process of transformation and evolution and many new festivals have been grafted upon the old ones.
A Hindu festival is, in fact, something more than a ‘festival’. It is cathartic in nature, and as a means of purification strengthens the spirit within. Their goal is to find enjoyment through renunciation and self-denial. They are more of an exploration of the colourful things of life, without being bound to or obsessed by them.
Why do we require panchang for different cities (Countries)?
Most people buy the Panchang from India and use it everywhere in the world. This is not a good practice and one could lead to people observing festivals on incorrect days and at incorrect times abroad. Each festival has a different set of rules about when to observe them. Hindu festivals are generally based on the Tithi and/or Nakshatra as per the lunar calendar (& some as per the solar calendar). For example, Ganesh Chaturthi is Bhadrapad Shukla Chaturthi Madhyahn purvavidha vyapini (4th tithi prevailing at midday). Each tithi begins and ends at the same instant all over the world. After correcting for the time zones, the tithi will begin/end at different local times in different parts of the world. The next thing is to decide if the tithi is visible during the specified time. This is done by using local sunrise, local sunset and local moonrise times. Since India has little variation in terms of sunrise/sunset, a panchang computed for one area of the country is generally usable throughout the country. For example - on a given day if Chaturthi end time is 2:30pm in India. Hence, UK will observe the chaturthi end time of 9:00am (GMT). This clearly indicates in the United Kingdom that the Chaturthi tithi is not prevailing during madhyahan kal (noon time) but it does prevail in India. Hence, the UK will celebrate Ganesha chaturthi on the previous day, as the chaturthi prevails during the noon on the previous day (chaturthi start time is 9:30am GMT in the UK.). What is important is to observe the festival at the right time in your location. If you blindly use the Indian calendar published in India, it won’t be any good to you as the festival observance dates might change due to local sunrise, sunset, moonrise, time differences etc. The panchang available in India only prints end times in Indian standard times (IST). You need to convert them to your local standard time and use local sunrise and sunset to find out when it can be observed. Most common mistakes people make is observing Pradosh and Ekadashi vrat on incorrect days by following the Indian panchang printed in India.
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This month’s main Panchang Details.
26-10-2024 Clock goes back 1 hour after Midnight (2.00am- 27 Oct.) GMT begins 1.00am-27 Oct.) 27-10-2024 Rama Ekadashi 28-10-2024 Govats Dwadashi, Vagh Barash 29-10-2024 Dhan Trayodashi, Dhan Pooja, Dhanvantri Jayanti, Pradosh 30-10-2024 Kali Chaudash, Shree Hanuman Pujan, Shivratri 31-10-2024 (Narak Chaturdashi, Moon rise 5:51am), Darsh Amavas, Lakshmi, Sharada, Chopda, Pujan, Diwali, Jain Mahavir Swami Nirvan Din, (Moon set 15:57) 01-11-2024 Amavas until 12:47
02-11-2024 New Year V.S. 2081, Anal Samvatsar, Jain Samvat 2551, Bali Pratipada, Govardhan Pooja, Annakut 03-11-2024 Bhaiduj, Bhai Beej, Yam Dwitiya, Chandra (Moon) Darshan Beejna until 16:46 06-11-2024 Labh Pancham, Pandav and Jain Gnan Panchami 08-11-2024 Shree Jalaram Jayanti 09-11-2024 Durga Ashtami, Gopashtami 11-11-2024 Bhishma Panchak Vrat begins 12-11-2024 Devithi Ekadashi, Tulsi Vivah bbegins, Chaturmaas ends 13-11-2024 Pradosh, (13th Kshaya Tithi - UK) 14-11-2024 Vaikunth Chaturdashi, Jain Chaumasi Chaudash, Baldin-Nehru Jayanti, King Charles III Birthday - UK 15-11-2024 Vrat & Tripurari Purnima, Kartik Swami Darshan from 16:25 to 21:28, Devdiwali, Tulsi Vivah ends, Bhishma Panchak Vrat ends, Guru Nanak Jayanti 22-11-2024 Kalbhairav Jayanti 26-11-2024 Utpatti Ekadashi 30-11-2024 Darsh Amavas, (Moon set 14:50), St. Andrew's Day-Scotland
Details of Auspicious times at Diwali 2024 (Diwali Muhurts 2024)
The Auspicious day and time for buying Books is on Thursday, 24th October 2024 between 11:33 to 15:18 BST, (Chaghadiya Chal, Labh and Amrut respectively). There is a Pushya Nakshatra and Gurupushyamrut Yog.
Dhan Trayodashi – Dhan Puja. According to our scriptures the time during the Pradoshkal is very important for Dhan Puja and this is between 16:38 to 19:30.(13th is a Vruddhi Tithi-UK). The Labh Choghadiyu time is from 18:26 to 20:13. This year for Dhan Puja the auspicious time is between 18:26 to 19:30 (GMT) where according to our scriptures the ideal auspicious time is the combination of the Trayodashi, Pradoshkal and the Labh Choghadiyu on Tuesday, 29th October 2024.
The Kali Chaturdasi (14th Tithi) starts on Wednesday, 30th October 2024 in the morning at 7:46.
Diwali – Lakshmi – Sharada – Chopda Puja. The Amavasya begins on Thursday, 31st October 2024 at 10:23. According to our scriptures the Amavasya with Pradoshkal and Nishithkal is ideal. The Pradoshkal is between 16:34 until 19:28 and the Nishithkal is between 22:22 to 25:15 (on 1st at 01:15). The Amrut and chal choghadiya time is from 16:34 to 20:11 respectively. According to our scriptures the ideal auspicious time for Puja is 16:34 to 19:28 GMT where there is a combination of Amavasya, Pradoshkal, and Chaghadiya Amrut and chal on Thursday, 31st October 2024.
Amavasya is until 12:47 on Friday, 1st November 2024.
New Year - The New Year is on Saturday, 2nd November 2024, Kartik Sud 1, Vikram Samvat 2081, Samvatsar name Anal. The auspicious time for starting the New Year for your profession is on Saturday morning from 8:16 to 9:26 Shubh Choghadiyu.
Bhai Beej - On Sunday, 3rd November 2024 the Beej is until 16:35 and the Chandra darshan is until 16:46 hence the Bhai Beej is celebrated today.
Labh Panchami, Pandav and Gnan Panchami is celebrated on Wednesday, 6th November 2024.
The above auspicious times are calculated according to the Leicester, UK co-ordinates Latitude 52N38 and Longitude 1W05.
REFERENCE:
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LIST OF IMPORTANT HINDU FESTIVALS & VRATS FOR U.K. Important Note:The Hindu festivals are generally based on a certain Tithi (roughly translated as the lunar phase) or the Nakshatra (Position of Asterisms with respect to the moon and the earth) in a given month or the transition of other heavenly bodies. When the time and place differ a lot from the place for which the Panchang (Religious Almanac) is computed the occurrence of the festival on a given day could change. To correctly compute the time and date of a festival, one must compute the Tithi, Nakshatra etc. for that place in terms of the local time of that place. The festival celebration times and days/dates listed here are calculated according to local UK times and these may differ from other places in the world (e.g. India, USA).
The above auspicious times are calculated according to the Leicester, UK co-ordinates Latitude 52N38 and Longitude 1W05. ___________________________________________________
Lunisolar Almanac:
Lunisolar months are lunar months and based upon the appearance of the moon. Interestingly there are two kinds of lunisolar months too.
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