Principle
Do Not Float a Lit Diya in Water: Fire and Water Clash
Artefacts of enemy elements kept together block success; a lamp lit in a bowl of water joins fire and water and is allowed only on Diwali.
Offices, reception areas and homes
EventFestivals and Special Days
Diwali
दीपावली
Everything to do for this occasion: remedies, muhurta rules, methods and the samagri they need.
9 entries3 questions
Also known asdeepawalilakshmi poojadeepavali
Remedies, methods and rules
Principle
Elephant Toran and Statues Represent Rahu: Avoid with a Weak Rahu
The elephant represents Rahu, so elephant statues or hanging-elephant bandhanwar (toran) do not suit every home, especially where the family's Rahu is debilitated.
Doors, walls and any place where toran or statues are hung
Principle
Facing of the Deity and the Worshipper in the Home Temple
The deity faces East first and North second, never South; the worshipper faces North for wealth, East for spiritual progress and South or West for tantra, and before a consecrated idol all directions become zero.
Home temple, puja room and festival puja
Questions and answers
Is there a particular muhurta for doing kilan?
Dussehra and Diwali are the best muhurtas for kilan.
During Diwali puja the deity faces South and we face North. Is that right?
No, it is wrong. Seat the deity in the West facing East, and sit so that you look at the deity while your face is towards the North. The Lord's direction is what matters, just as the teacher's direction matters in a classroom.
In the main door picture, which were the jharokhas and which were the niches (aale)?
The small niches were made for lamps; they are the eyes of the door, and lamps placed in them open its eyes. The jharokhas beside them are the ears. Lamps must be lit in the niches on festivals such as Diwali, Dussehra, Holi and Raksha Bandhan, and in royal houses they were lit daily; a house whose eyes stay open keeps a right watch over everyone. If a door, even one in a wrong place, is decorated like this with small desi cow ghee lamps in the niches, its defects do not apply.