June Festival Calendar: Adhik Maas Devotion, Essential Fasts, and Rare Six-Planet Transits

New Delhi: For millions of Hindus across India and the diaspora, this June month begins with the religious and spirituals stretch. This year begins with the Adhik Maas, also refered as Purushottam maas. It is a lunar month that the Hindu calendar inserts roughly once every three years to realign its lunar and solar cycles.

This year's edition, running from May 17 to June 15, falls in the Jyeshtha month. It is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and carries significant weight in Sanatan Dharma. According to the scriptures and age-old traditions, acts of prayer, fasting, and charity performed during this period projects multiplier of spiritual merit, and negate the wrongdoings. The origin of this month goes to the ancient texts. According to age-old vaidic text,"it as an unclaimed month that no deity wished to govern, then Lord Vishnu adopted it and elevated its status above all others."

How is it a packed festival calendar?

• This entire month carries a dense roster of observances. June 11 marks Param Ekadashi, regarded as the most significant Ekadashi of Purushottam Maas.
• Four days later, on June 15, two events coincide: the conclusion of Adhik Maas and Somvati Amavasya. Because a new moon falling on a Monday and it considered auspicious for ancestor rites and Peepal tree worship.
• The second half of the month brings its own weight. June 22 sees Dhumavati Jayanti and Monthly Durgashtami.
• Then the Nirjala Ekadashi brings devotion at June 25. It widely observed as the most demanding fast in the Hindu calendar. In this festival, devotees abstain from both food and water for a full day.
• The month closes on June 29 with Vat Purnima Vrat and Jyeshtha Purnima, traditionally observed by married women.

Six planetary transits in a single month?

Astrologers are tracking an unusually active month on the planetary front. Jupiter moves into Cancer on June 2nd. This raptures sign in Vedic astrology. This is a placement, which occurs roughly once every twelve years. This is also associated with expansion in education, spirituality, and prosperity.

• Venus follows into Cancer on June 8.
• The Sun shifts into Gemini on June 15, marking Mithuna Sankranti. -Mars enters Taurus on June 21.
• Mercury also enters Cancer on June 22, placing Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury in the same sign simultaneously. Jyotish practitioners refer to this as a tri-grahi yoga.
• Each planet governs; wisdom, material comfort, and communication respectively.
• On the day of Vat-Purnima, Mercury turns retrograde on June 29.

What are the significances for devotees?

With special emphasis on the Param Ekadashi and Nirjala Ekadashi Priests note that Adhik Maas is overlapping with a very busy planetary calendar. In this month, people should worship Lord Shiva, Vishnu and Ganesha.

What to do in June month?

To make this month auspicious, offer prayers to the Sun every morning, recite the Vishnu Sahasranama, and focus on charity during Adhik Maas. Observe fasts like Nirjala Ekadashi and Vat Purnima with devotion. Keep your home clean and avoid negative thoughts.

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