Pranam 1 Viṣu (विषु).—See Vaivasvatagati; equinox, distance of; fit time for making gifts;1 <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vishu#ref1_1> occurs between the spring and winter.2 <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vishu#ref1_2>
- 1) <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vishu#text1_1> Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 21. 68, 72-3; Matsya-purāṇa 124. 93; 187. 37; 274. 19; Vāyu-purāṇa 50. 125; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 8. 74 and 78. 2) <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vishu#text1_2> Matsya-purāṇa 17. 2; 82. 25; 83. 7; 98. 2. 124. 47. *2 vi* [adverb] “apart; away; away.” *ṣū* < *su* [adverb] “very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.” mā no vadhair varuṇa ye ta iṣṭāv enaḥ kṛṇvantam asura bhrīṇanti | mā jyotiṣaḥ pravasathāni ganma vi ṣū mṛdhaḥ śiśratho jīvase naḥ || 3 Rigvedam 2 28 7 “Harm us not, Varuṇa <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/varuna#hinduism>, with those destructive (weapons), repeller (of foes), demolish him who does evil at your sacrifice; let us not depart (before our time) from the regions of light; scatter the malevolent, that we may live.” Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Celebrations of the new years in and around 4000 religions of this earth is nased on weather sunny pleasnat to move out and when the hard work performed so far ended. Celebrations in all over the world is carried out by legends incidents and gifts. Vishu is connected to the SUN travel; equinox. Different parts of the earth celebrations. CHINESE NEW YEAR It usually falls somewhere between January 21st and February 21st, depending on how the new moon of the first lunar month arises.Many Chinese activities include the usual rounds of putting up decorations, blasting off fireworks and giving gifts. In major Chinese cities, traditional performances like dragon dances and lion dances are performed, while red Chinese lanterns are hung throughout the streets.The Chinese New Year tradition was born out of a great legend. The Jewish New Year is celebrated in autumn and is based usually around the first two days on the seventh month of the Hebrew Calendar – called Tishrei. Jewish families light many candles and recite blessings over their wine and bread. HIJRI NEW YEAR The Islamic New Year occurs on the first day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar is based on a 30 year cycle, so the Hijri New Year will fall on different times each year HINDU NEW YEAR There are a number of Indian New Year’s days surrounding the Hindu faith. Many of these celebrations occur on the first Hindu month, Chaitra. The month of Chaitra is another New Years holiday that is associated with the coming of spring and bases itself off the Lunar calendar. The Gudi Padwa festival is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month. Everyone dresses up in extravagant new clothes and goes to family gatherings. SONGKRAN The Thai New Year is celebrated from April 13th to 15th. Songkran, also known as the Thailand water festival marks the traditional Thai new year. Elders are honored and their hands are washed with other special scented water. There’s no shortage of wild water fights either. Hoses, water guns and mounted elephants litter the streets as over half a million people engage in water fights. The Japanese New Year <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_New_Year> Shōgatsu is currently celebrated on January 1, with the holiday usually being observed until the January 3, while other sources say that Shōgatsu lasts until January 6. In 1873, five years after the Meiji Restoration, Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar. Prior to 1873, Japan used a lunar calendar with twelve months each of 29 or 30 days for a total year of about 354 days The Iranian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran> New Year <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_calendar>, called Nowruz <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz>, is the day containing the exact moment of the Northward equinox, which usually occurs on March 20 or 21, marking the start of the spring season. The Zoroastrian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrian> New Year coincides with the Iranian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran> New Year of Nowruz <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz> and is celebrated by the Parsis <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsis> in India and by Zoroastrians and Persians across the world. In the Baháʼí calendar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_calendar>, the new year occurs on the vernal equinox on March 20 or 21 and is called Naw-Rúz <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Naw-R%C3%BAz>. The Iranian tradition was also passed on to Central Asian countries, including Kazakhs, Uzbeks, and Uighurs, and there is known as Nauryz <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauryz>. It is usually celebrated on March 22. The Balinese <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali> New Year, based on the Saka Calendar (Balinese-Javanese Calendar), is called Nyepi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyepi>, and it falls on Bali's Lunar New Year (around March). It is a day of silence, fasting, and meditation: observed from 6 AM until 6 AM the next morning, Nyepi is a day reserved for self-reflection and as such, anything that might interfere with that purpose is restricted. Although Nyepi is a primarily Hindu holiday, non-Hindu residents of Bali observe the day of silence as well, out of respect for their fellow citizens. Ugadi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugadi> (Telugu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telugu_language>: ఉగాది, Kannada <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada_language>: ಯುಗಾದಿ); the Telugu and Kannada New Year, generally falls in the months of March or April. The people of Andhra Pradesh <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh>, Telangana <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telangana> and Karnataka <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka> states in southern India celebrate the advent of New Year's Day in these months. The first month of the new year is Chaitra Masa. In the Kashmiri calendar, the holiday Navreh <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmiri_Pandit_festivals#Navreh> marks the New Year in March–April. This holy day of Kashmiri <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmiri_people> Brahmins has been celebrated for several millennia. The Sindhi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh> festival of Cheti Chand <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheti_Chand> is celebrated on the same day as Ugadi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugadi>/Gudi Padwa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudi_Padwa> to mark the celebration of the Sindhi New Year. The Thelemic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema> New Year on March 20 (or on April 8 by some accounts) is usually celebrated with an invocation to Ra-Hoor-Khuit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra_hoor_khuit>, commemorating the beginning of the New Aeon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon_(Thelema)> in 1904. It also marks the start of the twenty-two-day Thelemic holy season, which ends on the third day of the writing of The Book of the Law <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Law>. The Dogra <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogra> of Himachal Pradesh <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh> celebrate their new year Chaitti in the month of Chaitra. Maithili New Year <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithili_New_Year> or *Jude-Sheetal* too fall on these days. It is celebrated by Maithili People all around the world. Assamese <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assamese_people> New Year (*Rongali Bihu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihu>* or *Bohag Bihu*) is celebrated on April 14 or 15 in the Indian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> state of Assam <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam>. Bengali <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_people> New Year (Bengali <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language>: *Pôhela Boishakh <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh>* or *Bangla Nôbobôrsho*) is celebrated on the 1st of Boishakh <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boishakh> (April 14 or 15) in Bangladesh <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh> and the Indian state of West Bengal <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal> and Tripura <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripura>. Odia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odia_people> New Year (*Vishuva Sankranti <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivals_of_Odisha>*) is celebrated on April 14 in the Indian state of Odisha <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odisha>. It is also called Vishuva Sankranti <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishuva_Sankranti> or Pana Sankranti <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pana_Sankranti>. Manipuri <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitei_people> New Year or Cheirouba is celebrated on April 14 in the Indian State of Manipur with much festivities and feasting. Sinhalese New Year <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhalese_New_Year> is celebrated with the harvest festival (in the month of Bak) when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries). Sri Lankans begin celebrating their National New Year "Aluth Avurudda " in Sinhala and "Puththandu (புத்தாண்டு)" in Tamil. However, unlike the usual practice where the new year begins at midnight, the National New Year begins at the time determined by the astrologers by calculating the exact time that sun goes from Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries). Brahmanda Puranam 2 28 64 to 70: 65-67. It is one hundred and eighty-one thousand Yojanas. This is the speed of the sun in a Muhūrta. When the sun proceeds to the southern quarter with this velocity, it covers the middle and the extremity of the quarter. Then during the Dākṣiṇāyana, it whirls in the middle of the firmament. 68. Understand that it traverses in the southern quarter in the mountain Mānasottara <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/manasottara#purana>. The Viṣuva (Equinox) is in the middle (?) 69. The circumference of the sun is estimated to be nine crores of Yojanas as well as forty-five hundred thousands (i.e. 9,45,00000 Yojanas). 70-72. This is laid down as the movement (? total distance traversed) of the sun in the course of a day and a night. When the sun, after returning from the south, remains in the equinox, it traverses the northern regions of the milk-ocean. Understand its girth in Yojanas. It is estimated that during the equinox it is three-crores and eighty-one hundred (3,81,00000). Hence new year celebrations are man made happy festivals. KR IRS 17422 On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 at 08:56, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote: > *VISHUKKOTI* > > I was watching TV serials in Malayalam for the last three days. In most of > them a new item introduced is *Vishukkoti*, giving/ complimenting new > dress on the occasion of Vishu in Kerala. If my remembrance is correct > giving/complimenting new clothes was a custom during Onam only. Though > people wore new clothes on the occasion of Vishu, complimenting vishukkoti > was not there. *Customs are changing. * > > *Vishukaineetam* was an item given to members of the family and people > associated with a family. Very few temples offered Vishukaineettam till > recently for a limited time to devotees. Devotees used to keep it safe in > cash box. > > *Now most temples give Vishukaineetam to devotees* and that too for the > full day to devotees coming to the temple. The speciality of > Vishukaineettam in specified temples has disappeared. Vishukaineetam is > given in Tamilnadu temples also. Karnataka I am not sure. That too, if one > devotee desire to all members in a family, in Tamilnadu temples. > > Vishukaineetam was just given and received with smile. *Performing > Namaskaram or touching the feet was not there as a practice in families*. > Now most serials show after accepting vishukaineettam people touching the > feet of elders giving it. Once such a seen appear in a TV serial or film, > people gradually follow it as a custom. *There is no harm in performing > Namaskaram, but I mention that it was not the practice. * > > Another thing I have observed is *Mehandi celebration before marriage in > Kerala*. Not only on the occasion of first marriage, on the occasion of 2 > nd marriage also in a soap. Applying a small quantity of mylanchi in palm > was a custom among Brahmin Women in south India. It was strange to see some > men also applying mylanchi in Tamilnadu. *Now Mehandi, the north Indian > custom has come among all Hindu families during marriage. * > > *Manjal Kuli( Turmeric bath)- Taking bath in water added with turmeric > powder in abundant by men* and women and wearing yellow clothes. I have > seen the bride wearing yellow sari and marriage ritual is somewhat covered > using yellow cloth in a Telugu Brahmin marriage. Now it has become a custom > among *Hindu communities in Kerala including Brahmins to fix an > auspicious date before marriage for Turmeric bath*. Recently there was > such a function in one of my relative’s home. > > Earlier we had three days marriage. I think it is repeating now, *only > exception it is not continuous but with break.* Slowly customs are > changing and after a period these would become the regular custom. While > additions come , deletions also will be there. We are going to see them. > > I had a young Vadakalai iyengar from Chennai as colleague while working in > Calicut. Later he got transfer to Chennai, and he came for training to > Trivandrum. I was working at Trivandrum at that time. He wanted to know > -where is Kasavukadai, to purchase sari for his wife. I made a strange > look at him since Kasavukadai sarees are white or very light cream in > colour. He explained- Before her desire colour is not important sir. *I > will somehow convince my parents.* He purchased three sarees from > Kasavukadai. > > R. 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