Shani Amavasya
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Computed for New Delhi. Sunrise decides which tithi a day belongs to, so these can differ elsewhere.
A new moon day falling on a Saturday, considered significant for Shani worship and remedies.
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Start days, length, daily count, seat and direction for the Shani Maha Mala Mantra anushthan
The speaker says the anushthan is best begun on Makar Sankranti, and can also start on a Saturday of the Krishna Paksha, on Shanishchari Amavasya or on Shani Jayanti. It runs at least 7 and at most 21 days, with the mala mantra recited at least 27 and at most 108 times a day, seated on a Kusha Asana. Grihasthas face west for this vidhan (though tantra usually faces south); if west is not possible, east will do.
Why does a Shanishchari Amavasya fall just before this Chaitra Navratri?
Only two or three days remain before Chaitra Navratri, the speaker says, and on the Saturday falls a Shanishchari Amavasya — a night-time, nishiddha-kaal Amavasya, of the sort observed wherever Bhagavati Kali or a tantra peeth keeps nishiddha-kaal pujan and where there is a vidhan of bali in the shamshaan and such places.
Should the Amavasya pujan be kept on the Friday night or the Saturday?
Those who keep nishiddha-kaal worship will give the Amavasya pujan on the Friday night itself, because the nishiddha-vyapini falls on that day. But on the Saturday the Amavasya runs until about a quarter past four in the evening, so the udaya-vyapini Amavasya — the Shanishchari Amavasya — is valid for that whole day and night as well.
Why are Tuesday and Saturday treated as special days?
Tuesday and Saturday are the two special days, and the nishiddha-kaal night belonging to them in particular has been addressed as connected with veer and krura — veer ratri and krura ratri. When a nakshatra and a tithi combine with them as well, it becomes special, and then exceedingly special.
How much more fruitful is archan on a Saturday Amavasya?
If an Amavasya is falling on a Saturday and anyone performs archan of Bhagavati that day, it is held to be a hundred times more fruitful. That is how karma is cut quickly: what was to happen in eight years may happen in seven and a half or seven.
What paath and remedies counter the ill effects of Shani?
Asked about paath and independent remedies for the ill effects of Shani, the speaker says you may recite the paath connected with Shani, Shanishwar Mahagraha: the Dashrath krit Shani stotra. At the shami tree that stands in a temple you may make a donation of lamps. How is the lamp to be lit? Whenever Shanishchar or Amavasya falls, on that day thirteen lamps should be lit for the sake of Bhagavan Shani — a lamp of mustard oil, with black sesame put into the mustard oil.
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