Friday, June 25, 2010

Chandra grahan on 26 june 2010

Its time for a partial lunar eclipse in our part of the world. chandra grahan timing in india will start from 15.46 pm to 18.30 pm IST on 26th june 2010. it will be visible in the eastern most part of india.As per science its the alingment of earth, sun and moon in a line so that moon gets eclipsed. as per hindu mythology its the work of rahu who is enimical to both moon and sun. Things to do on a chandra grahan you can keep a fast starting 9 hours prior to the eclipse.
1. keep fast
2. recite japa of chanra like "om chandraya namah"
3. recite om namah shivaya
4. you can also recite mahamritunjaya japa
5. pregnant women should avoid going out
6. after the grahan is over take a holy dip in a river near you

Effect of ChandraGrahan on various rashis
1. Karka, Tula, Kumbha, Meena, will have good results.
2. Vrishabha , Simha, vrischika, Makara will have mixed results.
3. Mesha, Mithuna, & dhannus (dhanur), Kanya Rashi will have bad results.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

ekadasi on 22nd june 2010

ekadasi fast is an important fast as per hindu tradition and is followed all over . Thier are 24 ekadasi in an year, two in each month so 24 in total. This ekadasi falling in the month of during the waxing phase of moon in the month of Jyestha (May – June)is of great significance and importance is also called Bhim ekadasi or pandav ekadasi . It was adviced to bhim by sage vyas as he wanted to keep one fast out of all the 24 ekadasi. so this ekadasi has the benefits of all the 24 ekadasi.
People who cannot keep fast on all 24 ekadasi and want to keep one fast are adviced to keep this ekadasi fast. This ekadasi fast is called NIRJALA EKADASI as it is kept without taking a drop of water also and it continues for total 24 hrs from sunrise on the 22nd to the next morning.
best is to keep yourself clean ,pure in mind and heart, do some prayers to connect to GOD. It is kept for lord VISHNU. so you should prepare a panchamrit and arpit it to lord vishnu to get his blessing . People who keep this difficult fast get desired benefits and also get relief from thier past sins.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

shani amavasya on 12th june 2010

Its a saturday and a amavasya too making it a shani amavasya again .we had one shani amavasya on feb 13th 2010. its a good day to pray to lord shani to get in desired results.people who running the dasha ,sub dasha,sade sati and for those for whom shani malefic as per thier horoscope kindly do some remedy for shani today to get benefic results in this time of shani, you can either donate some black til,keep a fast today,light a dia in the evening, or else a very good remedy will be that you donate an old pair of your leather shoes to an old man. do any of these remdies and get releif from the malefic effect of shani.