Mahodhaya Punya Kalam this Monday

Mahodhaya  Punya  Kalam this Monday

Compiled  by

P.R.Ramachander

   Mahodhaya Punya  Kalam  is an extremely special  day to  satisfy the  Pithrus. It occurs , when thai  Amavasya   falls on a  Monday  with star  THiruonam .That day   also has vyathi padha  yogam( when Pithrus    are supposed  to be very hungry) . IN the SAmkshepa  Dharma Sasthra it has been told

Ardhodhaya mahodhaya punya kala niroopanam
Finding out of Ardhodhaya and mahodhaya punya kalas.

1.Samgrahe
If in the month of Pushya or Magha , the Vyathee patha ends in the first part of Amavasya , or middle period of Sravana star (thiruonam) or during sun rise or on Sunday , that period is known as Ardhodhaya punya kala If the first four occurs on a Monday , it is Mahodhaya punya kala (?)
If Amavasya occurs on a Monday , Sapthami thidhi occurs on a Sunday , Chathurthi occurs on Tuesday and Ashtami on Wednesday these days are equivalent to the solar eclipse

This is the second time this occurs in the last 150 years  .The previous  one occurred  on 8th February 2016.

Please  change   the Amavasya tharpana sanklpam on that day to

4-2-2019  Sarva    Amavasya

          Vilambanama samvathsare ,Utharayane , hemantha   rithou, makara   mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya amavasyam  punya thidhou , Indu       vasara yukthayam, Sravana   nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam amavasyam  punya thidhou, Vyathi patha   yogasya  , mahodhaya amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Amavasya up till 2.35 AM  next morning   (Prathama afterwards) and Sravana    Nakshtra up to  6.02 Am   next day  afterwards Dhanishta)

On that  day  if possible  visit  temples    where Pithru pooja   is done like Gaya  , Rameswaram , Varanasi , SEshampadi near  Kumbhakonam , Thilatharpana puri(sethalapathy)  near Koothanur , Gokarna, Sri Vanchiam  near  THiruvarur , Trimbakeswar , Thiruvengadu near Seerkazhy, Pushkar

Hear  a detailed talk  on this in Tamil  by Sri Rajagopala  Ganapadikal  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ACvG7Yb8U