Date/Time
Date(s) - Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - Thursday, January 15, 2015
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Location
SV Temple and Cultural Center of Michigan
Category(ies)
Dhanurmasam in Year 2014 starts on Dec-16 and go all the way through January 15, 2014.
During the Dhanurmasam, everyday this is the schedule:
DEC 16-2014 to JAN-15-2015, Every day:
- 9: 00 Suprabatham (As per the regular schedule)
- 9: 30 Tirppavai Chanting (Takes around 30 to 40 minutes)
- Around 10 AM, Prasadam (prepared by the priest) will be distributed to all devotees.
Please come and join us in reciting Thiruppavai everyday at 9:25am. If you are interested you can sponsor for prasadam for any of the days till January 14th and it is considered very auspicious.
PRASADAM SPONSORSHIP: Please contact the temple front desk if you wish to Sponsor the Prasadam for Dhanurmasam.
SIGINIFICANCE OF TIRUPPAVAI and DHANURMASAM:
- If you are interested in understanding the importannce of Tiruppavai and also about Dhanurmasam:
- There is a discourse on Dec-20 at 6 PM by Sri. Srivatsan Santhanam (Part of the Ghosti Group at the SV Temple Michigan)
- See details in the event calendar or click here.
MORE ABOUT DHANURMAS:
- Dhanurmas starts usually around 14–16 December and extends up to the mid of January (Hindu calendar months Margashirsha-Pausha).
- This period ends with the Makar Sankranti – the end of dakshinayana mostly occurs during the Pausha month of the Hindu Lunar calendar.
- More appropriately, the start of the Dhanurmas is marked by the entry of the Sun in the Dhanur Rasi (Saggitarius); this is called Dhanuh Sankramana.
- During this month, the sun transits the Dhanur Rasi and enters the Makara Rashi at the end of this month.
- In Hindu calendar Dhanur Mas is a solar month and not an independent (Lunar) month.
- The period when the sun starts moving northward from the Tropic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer is called uttaraayana.
- The opposite period when the sun moves southward is called dakshinaayana. Uttarayan thus occurs during the Dhanurmas.
