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XII.
XV.
II.
IV.
VIII.
XI.
XIV.
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XV.
II.
III.
Châturmasya-vrata commences on this tithi (or on the 11th). - Manvadi. [Forenoon.]
Sivasayan-ôtsava. [Evening.]
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FESTAL DAYS OF THE HINDU LUNAR CALENDAR.
V. Bravana-buklapaksha.
III.
Called Madhusrava by the people of Gujarat. - Vainayakî or Ganêsa-chaturthi. [Midday.]
IV.
V. Naga-panchami,16 on which the serpents are worshipped. [The day on which the tithi commences, if the fourth tithi ends less than 6 ghatikás after sunrise of that day, and the fifth tithi less than 6 ghatikás after sunrise of the following day.]
Kalki-jayanti, Vishnu's incarnation in his last Avatara. [Sunset.]
Durga- or Annapurnâ-ashtami.
Putradâ kâdasi.
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Kôkila-vrata; Vyasa-pûjû.
VI. VIII. XI.
XII. - Vishnoḥ pavitraropaņam. The pavitr-árópana is the ceremony of casting new threads around an idol that they may be sanctified, and of thence taking them to wear."'
Ashadha-[or purnimanta Bravana-]krishnapaksha.
Asûnyasayana-vrata.15 [Moonrise.]
Samkashta-chaturthi. [Moonrise.] Kal-Ashtami.. [Púrva-viddha.]
Kâmadâ or Kâmikâ êkâdasi.
Sivarâtri. [Midnight.]
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Rig-yajuḥ-bravant, for students of the Rigveda and Yajurvêda the chief time of renewing the sacred thread (upakarman).17 [Pûrva-viddha.]
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Raksha-bandhana, the tying of a piece of silk or string round the arm, as a
preservative against evil spirits. In Marathi, the tithi therefore is called Rakhi-parnima. (In Marathi it is also called Narali-parnima, because cocoa-nuts are thrown into the sea, and the monsoon is declared to be broken up.)
Hayagriva-jayanti, birth of Hayagriva.
Sravana-[or purnimanta Bhadrapada-]krishnapaksha.
Asûnyasayana-vrata.18 [Moonrise.]
- Kajjali-tritiya.
16 See the same tithi of Margaétreha-éuklapaksha.
18 See the same tithi of the next three months.
17 In an inscription the tithi is described as Yajñúpavita-parvan; see ante, Vol. XXV. p. 290.
18 See the same tithi of the preceding month.
