Holika Dahan 2027: Date and the Story Behind the Bonfire
A colleague once asked why the Holi bonfire happens the night before the actual color-throwing day. The bonfire, Holika Dahan, is a separate
Read →JyotiṣaLohri 2027: Date, and Why It Drifted a Day Later Than Usual
A Punjabi friend once asked why Lohri fell on January 14 one year and January 13 another. The answer: Lohri is a solar festival tied to the
Read →JyotiṣaChaitra Navratri 2027: Date, and How It Ends on Ram Navami
A reader once asked why there are two Navratris a year and whether one matters less than the other. Chaitra Navratri, the spring one, is qui
Read →JyotiṣaVivah Muhurat 2027: How Marriage Dates Are Chosen, and the Months to Watch
A cousin planning her 2027 wedding asked me to just tell her the auspicious dates. I had to admit the honest answer: a real vivah muhurat is
Read →JyotiṣaPongal 2027: Date, and the Four Days That Make Up the Festival
A Tamil friend once corrected me for calling Pongal a one-day festival. It is actually a four-day harvest festival, and the dish called Pong
Read →JyotiṣaGudi Padwa 2027: Date, and Why It Falls on the Same Day as Ugadi
A Maharashtrian colleague once pointed out that her New Year and her Kannada and Telugu friends' New Year always fall on the same day, and a
Read →JyotiṣaAkshaya Tritiya 2027: Date, and Why This Is the One Day That Needs No Muhurat
A jeweller once explained to me why his shop's busiest day of the year needs no astrologer's approval, unlike a wedding date or a housewarmi
Read →JyotiṣaDurga Puja 2027 Dates: Shashthi 5 Oct to Dashami 10 Oct
A friend from Kolkata once told me the real test of a Durga Puja calendar is whether it gets Saptami and Ashtami right, because those two da
Read →JyotiṣaBasant Panchami 2027: Date, Meaning, and How It Differs From Saraswati Puja in Autumn
Someone once told me they thought Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja were rival festivals competing for the same week, because their local c
Read →JyotiṣaSaraswati Puja 2027: Date, Significance, and the Two Saraswati Pujas People Mix Up
A reader once asked why their calendar app showed Saraswati Puja twice in the same year, months apart, and whether one of them was a mistake
Read →JyotiṣaHindu Calendar 2027: Every Festival and Date Post on This Site, in One Place
Most Hindu calendar pages online are a wall of dates dumped in one table, no explanation of why Diwali lands on a new moon or why Holi and…
Read →Sade Sati & TransitsGochara Is Read From the Moon, Not From the Ascendant
Classical transit results are defined as houses counted from the janma rāśi. Reading them from the lagna measures from the wrong point.
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