Chaitra month

 


13 the April 2021.First day of Chaitra month .Shaliwahan Shak.

Hindu  New year started.

Chitra(Spica) rises in the East in this month.

The full moon is in this Nakshatra in this month. 

If you look a little further from Hasta Nakshatra, you will see a beautiful shining star, its name is Chitra.

It's half part is in Virgo(Kanya Rashi) & half part is in Libra( Tul Rashi).

Chitra Nakshatra and Punarvasu Nakshatra are mentioned together in a story. The two stars in Punarvasu Nakshatra, that is, the two demons once performed Mahayagya for getting Swarg.

To break this yajnya, Indra took the form of a Brahmin and advised them to place his gold brick in that yajnya.

But shortly after the yajnya began, the Brahmin asked for his brick back and quickly removed the brick from the yajnya to break the yajnya and threw it into the sky. The demons also jumped into the sky to catch that brick. The two demons are the Punarvasu Nakshatra and the golden brick is the Chitra Nakshatra.

How was it?

There are some interesting constellations nearby.

We will see them soon.

Till then bye.

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