is Muhurat required for homam?

September 12, 2009

Namaste Narasimhaji,

In some books they outline agni chakra, and they also indicate that homam done

on certain days is good i.e. if the fire resides on earth. But if the fire of

the havan resides is in heaven (loss of life) or patal loka (loss of wealth).

Should we be concerned with this or can we go about doing homam at any day and

time?

-Puneet

September 13, 2009

Namaste,

If one is doing a homam to ensure a specific material result (e.g. victory

in a war, getting wealth, getting a child etc), there are many requirements.

The first requirement is that a purified person with a good amount of shakti

should do it. But that is not enough. In addition, there are many

requirements on what to put in poornaahuti, what materials to offer, what

materials to offer in bali, what muhurta to use etc. Material results

require some material constraints.

It is my well-considered view that there aren't too many people who can

ensure specific results by doing a homam. Moreover, the knowledge needed for

those, of which what you mention below is only a small part, is lost.

However, if some people are going to come in future who will demonstrate the

power of homam even for material results of a big scale, all such knowledge

will be revealed again, in time.

I only teach homam to those who want to purify their thinking and make

spiritual progress. When homam is used for that purpose, all those rules are

inapplicable. You can do any day and any time. However, for several homams,

late night is inappropriate. Morning is the best, evening time (+/- 2 hours

from sunset) is also very good and the rest of the day is ok.

Best regards,

Narasimha

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