Guest guest Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Dear Andrea, Today is Amavasya. It is also the new moon. Amavasya falls on the 15th day of the dark fortnight or waning moon. Hope this clarifies your confusion. Parvati , andrea vecchione <Andevec@Y...> wrote: > Namaskar, > I'm a bit confused. My Indian calander has today as > being Amavasya which would make tomarrow a new moon. > Perhaps there is a time difference in this calander, > which is from india, can someone clarify this for me. > Thanks > > > --- Kala Chandra <kalachandra2003> wrote: > > > Thanks dear Parvati. What will be our sankalpa in > > group in this > > navaratri, dears friends? > > Lets go to a sankalpa in group !!!!!!!!!!! > > Jai Maa!!!! Jai Swamiji!!!! > > With love > > Kala Chandra > > > > parv108 <parv108> escreveu: > > Namaste to all, > > Thanks to ecjensen_us for your post on the moon. > > > > Just wanted to make a small correction about Guru > > Purnima. > > According to our Panchang Guru Purnima will be on > > Wednesday > > July 20. Sometimes the western calendars put the > > full moon on > > a different day than the panchang. > > > > Since today is the new moon tomorrow will start the > > month of > > aashadh shukla which is the first day of the summer > > navaratri. > > It is a good time to take a sankalpa if you don't > > have one or > > increase your sankalpa if you already have one. Try > > to dedicate a > > little extra time to Divine Mother during this time > > with puja, > > chanting, mantra japa, meditation, or singing....... > > > > The navaratri will start from July 6-July 15. > > > > God bless you all with peace. > > > > Parvati > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , "ecjensen_us" > > <ecjensen_us> wrote: > > > OM NAMAH SIVAYA > > > > > > this is an email i got from a friend this morning > > and i thought > > some > > > you might find it interesting. > > > > > > In Vedic philosophy there are many cycles in > > nature to which > > we are > > > subtly attuned. The moon ("candra" in Sanskrit) is > > one of these. > > The > > > new moon is a time to start new projects. There is > > a fresh new > > > energy that helps us to accelerate our progress as > > the moon > > grows. > > > When the moon is full and bright, that's when our > > efforts bring > > our > > > desires into fruition. As the moon is waning, > > that's the time to > > > wrap things up, tie up loose ends, and decelerate > > in > > preparation for > > > what is coming up next. > > > > > > We can do rituals on the day of the full moon and > > the new > > moon to > > > kind of harvest this energy and use it to our best > > advantage. > > Light > > > some candles, sit under the stars, chant, or > > meditate. > > Tomorrow is > > > the new moon for July. See how this cycles > > influences your > > activity > > > this month heading towards the full moon on July > > 21. > > > > > > for some reason this full moon date seems to stick > > in my > > head. > > > > > > JAI MA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit your group "" on the web. > > > > To from this group, send an email > > to: > > > > > > Your use of is subject to the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Converse com seus amigos em tempo real com o > > Messenger > > http://br.download./messenger/ > > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam protection around > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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