How to read the Hindu Lunar calendar ... and the 4 times a month sankalpa

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Hi Sadhumaa and anyone else with the same question,

 

If you would like to get a quick overview on how to read the hindu lunar

calendar, please check out

http://www.shreemaa.org/drupalpanchang.ppt

<http://www.shreemaa.org/drupalpanchang.ppt>

 

The instructions that I have are simple - Maa has not specified the

duration of the sankalpa but left it to each of us.

 

It is , once again as follows

 

1) On the New moon night - ie Amavasya - or the 15th day of the

dark/waning fortnight, to chant the Kali Sahasranam and 10 mins of

meditation

 

2) On the Full moon night - ie Poornima - or the 15th day of the

bright/waxing fortnight, to chant portions of the Chandi and 10 mins of

meditation

 

3) On the eleventh day of each fortnight - ie Ekadashi- chant the Vishnu

Sahasranama and 10 mins of meditation.

 

Assuming that there are 2 lunar fortnights in a month, we average about

4 days of sadhana ... And because of Mother's compassion, these may be

the only 4 days for some hapless (me), world oriented (me),

too-busy-for-sadhana(me) to be able to do any kind of sadhana.

 

Jai Shree Maa

Nanda

 

 

 

 

, "Sadhu Maa" <sadumaa wrote:

>

> Would you or could you please elaborate on Maa's instruction regarding

> this sankalpa, especially for those of us rather new to reading the

> Hindu calendar. I too would like to keep up with this but have gotten

> some days wrong in the past month.

> Jai Maa

>

> , "Chris Kirner"

> chriskirner1956@ wrote:

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > I don't know about you, but I was so involved in other things

(mostly

> > ME ) that I forgot about Maa's instruction for purnima (well,

> > actually I missed purnima altogether - thought it was today) -

> > reciting parts of the Chandi and ten minutes of meditation.

> >

> > Well, ekadashi (eleventh day of the lunar fortnight) is next, on

> > Sunday the fourteenth. On ekadashi one recites Vishnu Sahasranama

and

> > does ten minutes of meditation.

> >

> > I'm assuming, of course, since Nanda's instructions from Mother did

> > not specify any specific month, that this is to be ongoing...It

> > sounded that way to me.

> >

> > Jai Maa!

> > Chris

> >

>