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FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
Compared to ordinary days, on festival days, certain more important spiritual austerities have to be carried out. Generally, people enjoy themselves eating delicious food etc., on festival days like the Deepavali, and this naturally increases the zest for the Samsar. In the same manner, the zest for Dharma increases if people carry out some special austerities on such festival days.
A LIST OF THE FESTIVAL DAYS:
Every month:
2 Dwitiyas
2 Panchamis
2 Ashtamis
2 Ekadashis
1 Full-Moon day
1 New-Moon day
II Kartik sukla (Bright fortnight) 5 3 Chaturdasi 14
of Ashad, Kartik, Palguna,
Margashirsh, Shukla (Bright fortnight) 11
(Maunekadashi)
Pausha Dashami 10
Magh 13 (Bleak fortnight)
Trayodasi (Meru Trayodashi)
Palgun (Bleak fortnight) Ashtami (Varshitap begins).
III On different thithis in a year, 120 Kalyanaks of Tirtankars
specially Lord Mahavir's Chyavan Kalyan Ashadsukla (Bright fortnight); of birth; Chai 13 (Bright fortnight); of Deeksha (Bleak) Dasami (Bleak fortnight) 10
of Keval Jnan: Vai (Bright fortnight) Vishak 10;
Moksha Deepavali.
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