Akshay Tritiya
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Computed for New Delhi. Sunrise decides which tithi a day belongs to, so these can differ elsewhere.
A highly auspicious third lunar day, associated with imperishable merit and new beginnings.
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At a new sadhana sthali near a small forest a stone stood by the Hanuman flag, and a devi was seen in dream uprooting it.
He relates an experience of some fifteen or sixteen years ago: they went for a time to a new place where sadhana had to be done, near a small forest. The people who lived there before had left; the small house, the sadhana sthali, was cleaned. A place had been made there for Hanuman ji, for a flag — there was a flag, Hanuman ji was there, and near the flag a small stone was placed, which was ordinarily taken to be worshipped in the name of Hanuman ji. A day or two passed, and this same vidhan he is describing was performed there; all their vigrahas were established, a mandala was made, and only the muhurta was awaited — he still remembers it was the day of Akshaya Tritiya, from which they were to begin sadhana. Two or three days before, at night, came a dream in which a devi, whose form he cannot say much about, was uprooting that stone and throwing it out.
Why is Akshaya Tritiya joined to Rohini nakshatra especially remarkable?
Because it is joined to Rohini nakshatra, which the speaker calls wonderful in itself, making that day a special parva kala. Bhagavan Parashuram's jayanti falls the same day; some are observing it a day earlier on account of madhyahna-vyapini, but he says to take the 30th, when it holds both by udaya and by madhyahna-vyapini.
Who is Bhagavati Matangi, and how far may a householder go with her?
Akshaya Tritiya carries the jayanti of Mahavidya Matangi, whom folk speech first calls the Saraswati of the tantriks. Because she is a Mahavidya, the speaker says a householder without diksha should not do a brihad anushthan or purashcharan of her, but only of her saumya, mool forms.
What benefits does a purashcharan in the Vaishakh Shukla Paksha bring?
The speaker lists several: a mantra already carried through one purashcharan becomes unbreakable and param siddha, so that when another mantra needs awakening it awakens instantly by this mantra's grace; japa done on Akshaya Tritiya yields akshaya punya and tapobala that never decays; and Matangi's grace comes of itself, since Bhagavan Shiva grants the grace of all ten Mahavidyas through this mantra.
Why does a havan on an Akshaya Tritiya joined to Rohini destroy enemies?
The speaker states it as a shastric pramana: if Mool nakshatra falls at the time of the Paush Amavasya, and if Rohini nakshatra falls on the day of Akshaya Tritiya, then enemies — and especially those who are wicked and base — are destroyed, and their strength decays. So if you are right and your enemies are wrong, an anushthan or pujan performed or commissioned on this day will certainly be effective.
What should someone living at Kamakhya do during Navratri?
Go there and do archan and pujan before Bhagavati, the speaker says. Stand in the Saubhagya Kund in water up to the navel and do the japa of your diksha mantra. Every single day there carries importance; and according to the Devi Bhagavat and the Devi Purana Mahabhagavat, one who is present in the Kamakhya kshetra on Akshaya Tritiya and completes a single day's anushthan or purashcharan there attains the very highest fruit.
What is akshaya punya, and how can an akshaya sin cancel it?
The speaker points to Akshay Navami, Akshay Tritiya, the sandhi kaal puja and the maharatri of Maha Ashtami, the mahanisha, of which it is said that puja done in them gives akshaya punya and japa gives akshaya fruit. But a person may equally have committed an akshaya sin at the same time — stealing a lota into his bag on Akshay Navami while the shopkeeper turned away. His sin too became akshaya in that very time.
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