For this reason, sages have set apart this month to be completely focused on devotional activities. This highlights the religious significance of Dhanurmasa in the Hindu calendar. Lord Krishna himself declared in the Bhagavadh Gita that “I manifest the most in the month of Margashira Dhanurmasa (Dec 16 to Jan. This month is allotted to Gods and for us to completely immense in divinity thoughts. In some regions the first day of Dhanur Maas is known as Dhanur Sankranti.ĭhanurmasa is also called as Shoonya Masa meaning blank because it is considered inauspicious to do or commence any good affairs related to Business or otherwise, except worship of Gods. Thus a year of twelve months is single Nychthemeron (The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours) of the Gods. And Dhanur / Margazhi Maasa being the dawn of the day (Brahma Muhurtha) for the Gods, singing and chanting the glory of God is considered most auspicious and said to soon bestow the desires of the Humans. The six months of Uttarayana (mid Jan to mid July) are a single day time of the Gods and the next six months of Dakshinayana (mid July to mid Jan) are a single night of the Gods.
Uttaraayana is their daytime and Dakshinaayana is the night. According to the Hindu Traditional Shastras, one human year represents to one day for the celestials. The opposite period when the sun moves southward is called dakshinaayana. The period when the sun starts moving northward from the Topic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer called uttaraayana. This month has great spiritual significance which starts with Margashirsha shukla ekadasi (the eleventh day in the bright half of the lunar month of Margashira) and extends up to the end of dakshinayana. He himself has described this in Bhaghawatha, his Avthar of Sree Krishna. Hence it is named as Dhanurmasa.ĭhanurmasa / Marghasirsha / Margazhli (Dec 16 to Jan 13) is a favorite month for Lord Vishnu.
The sun transits through the Dhanur Rashi (Sagitarius) and the period ends with the Makara Sankranti (Normally on the Bhogi festival Day). ABOUT DHANURMASA / Marghasirsha / Margazhli.
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