| Vaishakh Adhik Maas Begins - 15th April 2010 |
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| Jyotish News |
| Written by Ashutosh |
| Tuesday, 13 April 2010 14:02 |
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This year the Adhik Maas will be in this ongoing month of Vaishakh. It will begin on 15th April 2010 and will end on 16th April 2010. You must be thinking what is an Adhik Maas and why is it called so. 'Adhik' means 'Additional' and 'Maas' means 'Month'. Its literal meaning is 'An additional month'. Now, why is it an additional month and why is it added? To explain that we will give a brief description of the two calender systems which are used concurrently in India. One is a Lunar Calender which is based on the Lunar cycle and the second one is a Solar Calendar which is based on Sun's cycle. But, the Lunar calendar is mostly used for calculating festivals and religious ceremonies. A Lunar year is of 354.327 days while a Solar year is of 365.2422 days. This way every year there develops a difference of 10.87 days between these two calender years. This difference adds up to become one full month every three years and this additional month is added to balance the difference between the Lunar and Solar calenders. This additional month is called an Adhik Maas. This year this Adhik Maas has been added to the month of Vaishakh which began on 30th March 2010. Tomorrow, 14th of April 2010 will be the Amavasya of the actual Vaishakh. The day after, 15th April 2010, will mark the beginning of the Adhik Maas of Vaishakh. Interestingly, tomorrow is also the Surya Sankranti, the change in sign of Sun's transit. Sun enters Aries tomorrow. The Adhik Maas is so adusted that there is no Surya Sankranti in it. This Adhik Maas will end on 16th May 2010. But, the actual Vaishakh month will end only on 30th May 2010. You must have observed that the festival of Holi was way too early this year, on 28th February 2010. So was Diwali last year, on 18th October 2009. But, this year Diwali will be on 5th November 2010. Quite a difference made by the Adhik Maas. This Adhik Maas is a wise and sensible way of balancing the Lunar and Solar calenders so that the festivals keep falling in proper seasons. Such usage of two calenders has also been practiced in other cultures too. The Mayan civilization used a calender based on the cycle of Venus and they too had a system of adding an extra month to every few years to adjust it with Solar calender. In Hinduism, Adhik Maas is considered good for performing poojas, havans, giving alms and donations and reading or listening to holy scriptures. This month had no ruling deity and due to this absence of a deity all ceremonies like marriages, house warming, house or temple construction, installation of statues in temples, etc are prohibited. As per Hindu Mythology, the Adhik Maas approached Lord Vishnu and requested to be granted a ruling deity. Vishnu fulfilled this wish by making himself the ruling deity of Adhik Maas. This is why an Adhik Maas is also called a 'Purushottam Maas'. |
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Comments
Adhik Maas is simply a method of adjusting the difference between the lunar and the solar calenders which are used in India. Besides this there is no other good or bad importance and effect of Adhik Maas in actual Jyotish. So, rest assured.
Best wishes,
Ashutosh
You can conceive in Adhik Maas without any fears. There is no relation between Adhik Maas and the failure of a pregnancy. As of today, Jupiter and Venus are in own signs and Sun is exalted. This is actually a very good time for conception.
These pseudo-astrologers do nothing but scare people. I have well clarified that Adhik Maas is only a means of balancing of calenders. It all depends on your religious beliefs whether you consider it auspicious or in auspicious.
The success and failure of a conception depends on your and your husband's horoscope and the present Dashas. Get your horoscopes analysed by a good astrologer.
- Ashutosh
My astrologer said it will not be good for my baby if i concieve in during adhik maas....I lost my baby last year...and they said as his grah was not good when i concived my baby, which i lost...so i am scared now..what if i concived in adhik mahina...will i loose my baby again??
It depends on your religious beliefs. As per Jyotish, Venus is in its own sign and Sun is exalted before 15th May. You can perform your grah pravesh before that. Adhikmaas related restrictions have no actual relation with Jyotish. These are only religious beliefs.
-Ashutosh
Can I perform a grih pravesh pooja during this adhikmas.
thanks,
rachna