Purnima or Poornima is an auspicious day in Hinduism. Poornima is the full moon day and many important rituals and festivals takes place on full moon day. In South India, the day is known as Pournami. Upvaas (Fasting) is observed on this day by some people.
The Purnima Fasting begins at Sunrise and ends after sighting the Moon. Most people only take food after seeing the moon or after evening prayers.
In some places in South India, the Pournami Vratam is dedicated to Devi, Mother Goddess.
Special pujas are performed in temples on Poornima day including the Pournami Pooja.
Satyanarayana or Satya Narayana Puja is another important Pooja performed on the Purnima day.
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5 comments:
Please post on your website what foods are to be taken and which are to be avoided when observing the Pooranmashi Upvaas. This information would we very beneficial to all.
I spoke to a swami ji,He told me that we can have fruit,milk and water .cereals and sodium (I mean Anaaj and Namak ) are to be avoided in this upvaas
Thank you for posting added information.This is very useful information for me. We should add more information about this upvaas that what is the fruit of this upvaas and how many upvaaas we should have in order to get the fruit.
Can you tell e how does one calculate the time for the Purnima fast if based in west coast usa?
Should we follow India time or follow the local time??
You can easily find the full moon day in your region. There are numerous calendars and panchang that calculate us time. Or you can make us of Full moon calculators - like this one here http://www.atlantisring.com/moonphase.htm
There is no harm in following the Indian time for observing vrat.
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