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When the asura named Rahu attempted to pose as a deva to receive amṛtam, the nectar of eternal life, Surya and Chandra, the deities of the Sun and the Moon, alerted Mohini, the incarnation of Vishnu. Mohini promptly employed her discus to behead the asura, but he had already partaken the nectar, and had become immortal. Rahu's head was exiled ...
Date Time of greatest eclipse (Terrestrial Time) Saros Type Gamma Magnitude Central duration (min:s) Location Path width Geographical area Chart Ref(s) km mi May 18, 1901: 5:33:48 136 Total −0.3626 1.068 6:29 238 148
Hinduism is a minority faith in Nigeria. Hinduism spread to Nigeria primarily through the arrival of Hindus from India and by way of ISKCON. Sindhis were the first to arrive in Nigeria in the early part of the nineteenth century. [1] [2] Most of the ethnic Nigerian Hindus were converted to Hinduism by the works of ISKCON. [3]
The dates of the lunar cycle based festivals vary significantly on the Gregorian calendar and at times by several weeks. The solar cycle based ancient Hindu festivals almost always fall on the same Gregorian date every year and if they vary in an exceptional year, it is by one day. [60]
Total solar eclipse of July 22, 2009, from Bangladesh.. During the 21st century, there will be 224 solar eclipses of which 77 will be partial, 72 will be annular, 68 will be total and 7 will be hybrids between total and annular eclipses.
A pakṣa (Sanskrit: पक्ष) is the time taken by the Moon to move from a new moon to a full moon and vice versa. The waxing phase of the moon is known as the bright side (Sanskrit: शुक्ल पक्ष, romanized: śukla pakṣa) and the waning phase is known as the dark side (Sanskrit: कृष्ण पक्ष, romanized: kṛṣṇa pakṣa).
Muthuswami Dikshitar (1776–1835), a Carnatic music composer from southern India, composed the Navagraha Kritis in praise of the nine grahas. [3] Each song is a prayer to one of the nine planets. The Sahitya (lyrics) of the songs reflect a profound knowledge of the mantra and jyotisha sastras .
The figure of Surya as we know him today is an amalgamation of various different Rigvedic deities. [40] Thus, Savitr refers to one that rises and sets, Aditya means one with splendor, Mitra refers to Sun as "the great luminous friend of all mankind", [ 41 ] while Pushan refers to Sun as illuminator that helped the Devas win over Asuras who use ...