Animals in Indian Mythology - LNTECC · Animals in Indian Mythology Indian culture has always integrated Nature. In more ways than one, it proclaims that Nature is God. Animals in

Animals in Indian Mythology

Indian culture has always integrated Nature. In more ways than one, it proclaims that Nature is God. Animals in particular, have found a predominant role to play in every weft and warp of the customs and traditions of India. The most significant of such sacred animals remain ever etched in our minds, but a good number of such sacrosanct animals have become extinct either due to the passage of time or to the ravages of men who inconsiderately called it a “heathen practise”.

Sustainability has turned into a widespread corporate initiative of late, but the fact remains that this concept is as old as the Indian heritage. The Indian pantheon is said to consist of 33 Crore Gods. Most of our Gods either have animals as their vehicles or have taken the revered animal forms themselves.

L&T, as an Indian MNC respects and takes pride in the rich cultural heritage and tradition prevalent in India. The annual Panchangam Calendar is testimony to L&T’s avidity in bringing to light this deep rooted and fascinating ethnicity. The 2010-11 Panchangam Calendar comes as a sequel to last year’s calendar focussing yet again on “Animals in Indian Mythology” because the myriad creatures of reverence deserve further highlight.

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The lion gains significant importance in Hindu mythology as it is one of the Avatars (re-incarnation) of God Vishnu called the ‘Narashima Avatar’. Lion is also the vehicle and one of the most powerful weapons of Goddess Durga.

APRIL 2010Raahukaalam

4.30 pm to 6.00 pm

Gulikakaalam 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm

Yamaganda Kaalam 12.00 noon to 1.30 pm

Raahukaalam 7.30 am to 9.00 am


Yamaganda Kaalam 10.30 am to 12.00 noon

Raahukaalam 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm

Gulikakaalam 12.00 noon to 1.30 pm

Yamaganda Kaalam 9.00 am to 10.30 am

Raahukaalam 12.00 noon to 1.30 pm

Gulikakaalam 10.30 am to 12.00 noon



Gulikakaalam 9.00 am to 10.30 am


Raahukaalam 10.30 am to 12.00 noon


Yamaganda Kaalam 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm




Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

Dvitiya : 18-15-35Bharani : 18-41-39

No Varjiyam

Dasami : 09-25-16Dhanista : full

Varjiyam : 10-08- to 11-56

Tritiya : 01-00-19Swati : 18-05-30

Varjiyam : 3-34 to 01-08

Chaturthi : 00-03-05 Visakha : 17-36-05


Panchami : 23-56-35Anuradha : 17-55-33


Ashtami : 04-18-50Poorvashada : 23-33-45Varjiyam : 07-37 to 09-23

Saptami : 02-11-59Mula : 21-01-00

Varjiyam : 19-14 to20-59

Sasti : 00-41-13Jyestha : 19-05-12


Navami : FullUttarashada : 22-30-33


Navami : 06-48-11Sravana : 05-37-03


Ekadasi : 11-56-14Dhanista : 08-39-36


Chaturdasi : 17-16-09Uttarabhadra : 15-45-38Varjiyam : 04-25 since

Trayodasi : 15-57-50Purvabhadra : 13-50-21


Dwadasi : 14-09-45Satabhisha : 11-26-47


Amavasya : 18-03-50Revethi : 17-11-23

Varjiyam : 06-08 end

Pratima : 18-22-34Aswini : 18-09-02

Varjiyam : 13-56 to 15-37 03-56 to 04-39

Tritiya : 17-46-25Krittika : 18-52-41


Sasti : 14-29-30Arudra : 17-38-55

Varjiyam : 05-08 since

Panchami : 15-52-10Mrigasira : 18-20-13


Chaturthi : 16-58-01Rohini : 18-44-58

Varjiyam : 10-48 to 12-24 00-16 to 01-50

Saptami : 12-49-55Punarvasu : 16-40-52Varjiyam : 06-41 end

00-14 to 01-45

Ashtami : 10-53-21Pushya : 15-26-04


Navami : 08-40-37Aslesha : 13-55-33


Dasami : 06-14-37Magha : 12-12-04


Dwadasi : 00-57-15 Pubha : 10-20-18


Trayodasi : 22-20-00Uttara : 08-26-40


Purnima : 17-48-27Swati : 03-57-14


Dvitiya : 15-11-28Anuradha : 03-23-25


Chitra : 05-06-13Ekadasi : 03-37-3902 - Good Friday

12 - Ram Navami

MAY 2010Ram is the vehicle of Agni - the God of fire. Ram is a typical sacrificial animal and Agni’s association with it denotes the connection with sacrificial rituals. The Rig Veda signifies that Agni was one of the main Gods.























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16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Amavasya : 06-40-08Krittika : 01-57-15

Varjiyam : 14-01 to 15-36Pratima : 05-37-08

Navami : 01-29-24Dhanista : 16-25-36


Tritiya : 06-04-40Purvasadha : 16-13-39


Tritiya : (Full)Mula : 14-16-54

Varjiyam : 12-34 to 14-15 00-38 to 02-43

Tritiya : 14-53-52Jyestha : 04-09-43


Sasti : 18-20-33Purvasadha : 07-48-45


Panchami : 16-32-26Purvasadha : (Full)


Chaturthi : 15-21-24Mula : 05-39-41

Varjiyam : 12-37 to 14-19 03-54 to 05-37

Saptami : 20-35-09Uttrasadha : 10-27-54

Varjiyam :14-54 to 16-42

Ashtami : 23-02-53Sravana : 13-24-48


Dasami : 03-41-13Satabhisha : 19-16-39


Dwadasi : 06-39-45Revathi : 01-09-11


Dwadasi : (Full)Uttarabhadra : 23-45-14


Ekadasi : 05-27-11Purvabhadra : 21-46-07

No Varjiyam

Trayodasi : 07-19-23Aswini : 01-57-09


Chaturdasi : 07-14-25Bharani : 02-11-36


Dvitiya : 04-12-42Rohini : 01-19-52


Panchami : 22-36-34Punarvasu : 22-03-41


Chaturthi : 00-37-08Arudra : 23-18-30


Tritiya : 02-31-13Mrigasira : 00-25-15


Sasti : 20-30-10Pushya : 20-43-43


Saptami : 18-20-39Aslesha : 19-20-42


Ashtami : 16-09-41Magha : 17-56-21

Varjiyam : 06-37 to 08-09 01-26 to 02-56

Navami : 13-5909Pubha : 16-32-38


Ekadasi : 09-50-42Hasta : 13-59-19


Dwadasi : 08-01-03Chitra : 12-58-33


Trayodasi : 06-28-14Swati : 12-15-53

Varjiyam : 17-48 to 19-23Chaturdasi : 05-18-18

Pratima : 04-29-42Anuradha : 12-09-02


Dvitiya : 04-58-52Jyestha : 12-54-53


Purnima : 04-37-09Visakha : 11-57-28


Dasami : 11-51-38Uttara : 15-12-20


01 - May Day

27 - Buddha Purnima

JUNE 2010

In Ramayana it was the bear king, Jambavan who motivated Hanuman (Monkey God) to make the 100 league jump to Sri Lanka in search of Sita Devi. Jambavan has also been fabled for his ferocious and valiant battle with Lord Krishna.























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Chaturthi : 07-43-35Uttrasadha : 18-40-06


Panchami : 09-48-31Sravana : 21-27-48


Sasti : 12-09-16Dhanista : 00-25-42

No Varjiyam

Saptami : 14-33-37Satabhisha : 03-21-17


Ashtami : 16-48-28Purvabhadra : (Full)


Chaturdasi : 18-40-08Krittika : 10-47-38


Ekadasi : 20-42-59Revathi : 09-54-12

No Varjiyam

Dasami : 20-01-49Uttarabhadra : 08-15-41


Navami : 18-41-20Purvabhadra : 06-01-47


Dwadasi : 20-41-56Aswini : 10-52-22

Varjiyam : 06-41 to 08-23 20-31 to 22-10

Trayodasi : 19-59-38Bharani : 11-09-16


Amavasya : 16-49-29 Rohini : 09-52-48


Ekadasi : 16-46-11Swati : 18-39-51


Dasami : 17-49-11Chitra : 18-56-27


Navami : 19-14-56Hasta : 19-35-44

Varjiyam : 06-10 end 03-21 to 04-54

Dwadasi : 16-08-02Visakha : 18-48-00


Trayodasi : 15-56-47Anuradha : 19-22-51


Chaturdasi : 16-14-08Jyestha : 20-25-56

Varjiyam : 04-57 Since

Purnima : 17-00-58Mula : 21-57-50

Varjiyam : 06-39 end 20-16 to 21-58

Dvitiya : 19-59-07Uttrasadha : 02-22-08


Tritiya : 22-03-16Sravana : 05-06-19


Chaturthi : 00-22-20Dhanista : (Full)


Pratima : 18-16-46Purvasadha : 23-57-33


Saptami : 23-05-51Pubha : 21-53-37

Varjiyam : 06-54 to 08-23 04-41 since

Tritiya : 09-22-35Pushya : 03-05-32


Dvitiya : 12-03-24Arudra : 06-51-47

Varjiyam : 17-54 to 19-24Punarvasu : 05-00-43

Pratima : 14-34-46Mrigasira : 08-31-40


Chaturthi : 06-38-58Aslesha : 01-12-32

Varjiyam : 14-52 to 16-20Panchami : 03-58-26

Sasti : 01-26-01Magha : 23-27-06


Ashtami : 21-01-15Uttara : 20-35-34

Varjiyam : 06-12 end 04-37 since

JULY 2010Adhiseshan is the serpent that serves the divine couple, Lord Vishnu and his consort Sri Devi. There is a story where Krishna as an adolescent danced on the head of the great serpent Kaliya or Kalinga to prevent it from poisoning river Yamuna. This is popularly known as the Kalinga narthana.























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11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31Panchami : 18-44-38

Uttarabhadra : 23-36-25Varjiyam : 07-33 to 09-21

Panchami : 02-47-18Dhanista : 08-02-41


Sasti : 05-07-39Satabhisha : 11-01-54


Saptami : (Full)Purvabhadra : 13-53-19


Panchami : 09-12-48Uttara : 02-38-26


Dwadasi : 08-27-14Rohini : 19-42-23

Varjiyam : 11-56 to 13-30 00-56 to 02-59

Navami : 09-50-03Aswini : 19-52-44


Ashtami : 08-49-18Revathi : 18-28-22

Varjiyam : 07-12 End

Saptami : 07-12-01Uttarabhadra : 16-25-41


Dasami : 10-07-48Bharani : 20-33-30


Ekadasi : 09-39-51Krittika : 20-29-16


Trayodasi : 06-34-12Mrigasira : 18-18-09

Varjiyam : 02-01- to 03-28Chaturdasi : 04-07-08

Dvitiya : 18-42-48Pushya : 11-39-50


Pratima : 22-02-51Punarvasu : 14-18-07


Amavasya : 01-13-52Arudra : 16-23-54


Tritiya : 15-22-21Aslesha : 09-18-10


Chaturthi : 12-09-45Magha : 06-41-59

Varjiyam : 13-55 to 15.22Pubha : 04-29-35

Sasti : 06-38-23Hasta : 01-14-22

Varjiyam : 10-32 to 12-03Saptami : 04-32-16

Dasami : 01-36-35Visakha : 00-23-08


Navami : 01-59-58Swati : 00-05-33

Varjiyam : 105-56 to 07-32

Ashtami : 02-58-40Chitra : 00-22-53


Ekadasi : 01-47-14Anuradha : 01-14-14Varjiyam : 06-21 End

Dwadasi : 02-29-19Jyestha : 02-36-05


Trayodasi : 03-39-27Mula : 04-25-12

Varjiyam : 11-13 to 12-57 02-42 to 04-26

Chaturdasi : 05-13-55Purvasadha :(Full)


Purnima : 07-08-46Uttrasadha : 09-09-47


Pratima : 09-19-35Sravana : 11-56-45


Dvitiya : 11-41-13Dhanista : 14-53-33

Varjiyam : 22-57 t 00-45

Tritiya : 14-07-35Satabhisha : 17-54-04


Chaturthi : 16-31-28Purvabhadra : 20-51-07

No Varjiyam

Purnima : Full Purvasadha : 06-37-47


AUGUST 2010

In one of the ten avatars, Lord Vishnu took the form of Koorma Avatar, a tortoise, to support mountain Meru from underneath while the demons and devas churned the ocean using Vasuki (serpent) as the cord to extract the ‘Amrit ’ or elixir of life.























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22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

Ashtami : 22-48-28Bharani : 15-11-14


Saptami : 22-02-02Aswini : 03-55-13


Sasti : 20-37-56Revathi : 02-00-52


Navami : 22-50-59Krittika : 05-43-09


Dasami : 22-06-33Rohini : 05-28-36


Ekadasi : 20-35-50Mrigasira : 04-28-59


Dwadasi : 18-22-42Arudra : 02-49-01


Ekadasi : 13-51-03Mula : 10-08-20

Varjiyam : 08-24 to 10-07 20-40 to 22-26

Chaturthi : 18-23-49Uttara : 10-47-02


Amavasya : 08-40-44Aslesha : 19-06-34

Varjiyam : 09-13 to 10-37Pratima : 04-55-44

Chaturdasi : 12-16-33Pushya : 21.58.29


Trayodasi : 15-33-34Punarvasu : 00-35-54


Dvitiya : 01-11-22Magha : 16-10-26

Varjiyam : 06-59 End 23-10 to 00-36

Tritiya : 21-37-31Pubha : 13-20-30


Panchami : 15-39-18Hasta : 08-39-47


Ashtami : 11.29-40Visakha : 06-10-46


Saptami : 12-07-40Swati : 06-16-24


Sasti : 13-31-56Chitra : 07-07-21


Navami : 11-37-26Anuradha : 06-50-32


Dasami : 12-26-53Jyestha : 08-11-58


Dwadasi : 15-41-42Purvasadha : 12-31-23


Purnima : 22-37-26Dhanista : 21-05-05


Chaturdasi : 20-11-20Sravana : 18-06-13


Trayodasi : 17-50-48Uttrasadha : 15-13-02


Pratima : 01-03-57Satabhisha : 00-04-34Varjiyam : 06-57 End

Dvitiya : 03-26-03Purvabhadra : 02-59-54


Tritiya : 05-38-43Uttarabhadra : 05-46-14


Chaturthi : (Full)Revathi : (Full)


Panchami : 09-13-00Aswini : 10-29-25

Varjiyam : 06-05 to 07-51 20-46 to 23-25

Sasti : 10-21-20Bharani : 12-13-01


Chaturthi : 07-36-27Revathi : 08-18-09

No Varjiyam

15 - Independence Day

23 - Onam

24 - Raksha Bandhan

SEPTEMBER 2010Raahukaalam

4.30 pm to 6.00 pm






















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5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30

Saptami : 10-54-25Krittika : 13-21-49


Ashtami : 10-46-16Rohini : 13-49-50

Varjiyam : 07-15 end 19-19 to 20-53

Navami : 09-53-26Mrigasira : 13-33-37


Dasami : 08-15-39Arudra : 12-33-07

Varjiyam : 23-43 to 01-13Ekadasi : 05-56-01

Dvitiya : 08-35-04Hasta : 18-15-24

Varjiyam : 01-26 to 02-52Tritiya : 05-20-02

Chaturdasi : 19-54-14Magha : 02-56-40

Varjiyam : 16-25 to17-49

Trayodasi : 23-36-47Pushya : 08-36-05

Varjiyam : 19-59 to 21-24Aslesha : 05-54-25

Dwadasi : 03-00-26Punarvasu : 10-51-49


Amavasya : 16-02-48Pubha : 23-53-30


Pratima : 12-12-52Uttara : 20-56-01

Varjiyam : 06-10 to 07-30 04-19 to 05-45

Chaturthi : 02-37-57Chitra : 16-02-34


Dasami : 02-52-48Purvasadha : 18-29-29


Saptami : 23-08-43Anuradha : 13-40-14


Sasti : 23-27-04Visakha : 13-38-28


Panchami : 00-37-59Swati : 14-27-33


Ashtami : 23-41-42Jyestha : 14-33-14


Navami : 00-59-47Mula : 16-12-43

Varjiyam : 14-30 to 14-13 02-43 to 04-28

Ekadasi : 05-08-54Uttrasadha : 21-12-00


Trayodasi : 10-07-17Satabhisha : (Full)


Dwadasi : 07-36-49Dhanista : 03-10-17Varjiyam : 06-25 end

Dwadasi : (Full)Sravana : 00-18-50


Chaturdasi : 12-33-18Satabhisha : 06-08-58


Purnima : 14-49-46Purvabhadra : 08-59-30


Pratima : 16-53-05Uttarabhadra : 11-38-03


Dvitiya : 18-40-31Revathi : 14-01-48

No Varjiyam

Chaturthi : 21-17-17Bharani : 17-54-37

No Varjiyam

Panchami : 21-59-52Krittika : 19-17-09


Sasti : 22-12-39Rohini : 20-11-13

Varjiyam : 11-51 to 13-31 01-49 to 03-28

Saptami : 21-51-02Mrigasira : 20-32-01


Tritiya : 20-09-34Aswini : 16-08-16

Varjiyam : 11-46 to 13-30 02-26 tp 04-10

02 - Janamashtami

10 - Ramzan

11 - Ganesh Chaturthi

In Hindu mythology the Sun God, Surya is said to drive through the heaven in his chariot drawn by 7 horses which represents the 7 colours and the 7 days of a week. The Sun God’s chariot thus drawn by these horses is said to travel at a speed of 27,206,400 miles in a muhurta (48 minutes).

Once when Gajendra the elephant king was bathing in a lake, a huge crocodile grabs his leg and wouldn’t let go. Finally, Gajendra cries out for help from Lord Vishnu who appears and gives ‘Moksha’ or frees the elephant. This story is symbolic of the benefits bestowed due to complete surrender to the Almighty. Crocodile is also believed to be the vehicle of river Goddess Ganga.

OCTOBER 2010Raahukaalam

4.30 pm to 6.00 pm






















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17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Navami : 03-18-43Aslesha : 23-20-15


Ashtami : 20-51-39Arudra : 20-15-51


Navami : 19-13-28Punarvasu : 19-21-21

Varjiyam : 07-45 to 09-2002-49 to 04-20

Ashtami : 15-55-11Uttrasadha : 03-57-51


Pratima : 20-57-44Chitra : 02-31-38


Dwadasi : 10-58-22Magha : 13-19-03


Ekadasi : 14-11-03Aslesha : 15-47-04

Varjiyam : 07-01 end 02-33- to 03-59

Dasami : 16-58-23Pushya : 17-50-12


Trayodasi : 07-28-49Pubha : 10-35-06


Amavasya : 00-18-05Uttara : 07-45-18

Varjiyam : 15-09 to 16-34Hasta : 5-00-26

Dvitiya : 18-01-38Swati : 00-29-53


Panchami : 13-14-18Jyestha : 22-38-26

No Varjiyam

Chaturthi : 14-02-02Anuradha : 22-26-30


Tritiya : 15-40-03Visakha : 23-05-22

Varjiyam : 07-14 end 02-57 to 04-30

Sasti : 13-19-40Mula : 23-41-45


Saptami : 14-15-52Purvasadha : 01-31-31


Navami : 18-05-43Sravana (Full)






Dasami : 20-33-47Sravana : 06-47-55


Trayodasi : 03-45-11Purvabhadra : 15-36-59


Chaturdasi : 05-38-13Uttarabhadra : 18-09-41

No Varjiyam

purnima (Full)Revathi : 20-22-11


purnima : 07-19-14Aswini : 22-12-52


Dvitiya : 09-02-56Krittika : 00-48-39


Tritiya : 09-26-18Rohini : 01-34-15


Chaturthi : 09-27-27Mrigasira : 01-57-38


Panchami : 09-05-24Arudra : 01-57-17


Sasti : 08-18-33Punarvasu : 01-31-25


Saptami : 07-05-20Pushya : 00-38-55

Varjiyam : 09-12 to 10-45Ashtami : 05-25-03

Pratima : 08-17-23Bharani : 23-41-34


02 - Gandhi Jayanti

17 - Vijaya Dashami

NOVEMBER 2010

Goddess Durga takes the form of Chandika, the violent and impetuous one to slay the king of demons, Mahisha who takes the form of a buffalo and charges repeatedly at Durga. Because the Devi slays this demon who is in the form of a buffalo she is also known as Mahishasura Mardini.























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Trayodasi : 21-51-39Aswini : 05-44-18


Sasti : 07-09-50Uttrasadha : 11-58-30


Ekadasi : 22-02-02Pubha : 19-37-00

Varjiyam : 06-25 end 02-06 to 03-35

Dasami : 00-49-22Magha : 21-38-01


Dwadasi : 19-03-28Uttara : 17-23-52


Trayodasi : 16-01-42Hasta : 15-06-51


Chaturdasi : 13-05-43Chitra : 12-55-09


Amavasya : 10-25-02Swati : 10-58-35


Chaturthi : 05-14-25Jyestha : 08-13-23


Dvitiya : 06-27-28Anuradha : 08-29-24

Varjiyam : 14-01 to 15-36Tritiya : 05-27-27

Pratima : 08-09-14Visakha : 09-26-57


Panchami : 05-49-42Mula : 08-43-27

Varjiyam : 07-04 to 08-42 18-48 to 20-30

Sasti (Full)Purvasadha : 10-00-00


Saptami : 09-06-26Sravana : 14-29-45


Dasami : 16-26-58Purvabhadra : 23-12-32

No Varjiyam

Navami : 13-58-44Satabhisha : 20-19-54

Varjiyam : 03.26 to 05-13

Ashtami : 11-27-22Dhanista : 17-21-24


Ekadasi : 18-40-28Uttarabhadra : 01-48-43


Dwadasi : 20-30-31Revathi : 04-00-48


Chaturdasi : 22-41-43Bharani (Full)


Dvitiya : 22-18-57Rohini : 08-00-40


Pratima : 22-52-27Krittika : 07-42-21


Purnima : 23-01-10Bharani : 06-57-48


Tritiya : 21-24-16Mrigasira : 07-56-12


Chaturthi : 20-11-40Arudra : 07-34-24


Panchami : 18-43-42Punarvasu : 06-52-10

Varjiyam : 14-36 to 16-09Pushya : 05-57-47

Sasti : 17-02-19Aslesha : 04-50-58


Ashtami : 13-05-46Pubha : 02-06-45


Navami : 10-54-13Uttara : 00-34-04


Saptami : 15-09-07Magha : 03-33-18


05 - Diwali

17 - Bakr-Id

21 - Guru Nanak Jayanti

DECEMBER 2010The mouse is the vehicle of elephant God, Ganesha. The mouse is symbolic of the mind with all its desires and the pride of the individual. Ganesha, riding atop the mouse, symbolises the conquest of ego through total devotion.























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Dasami : 08-38-30Hasta : 22-59-09

Varjiyam : 08-21 to 09-51Ekadasi : 06-21-56

Dwadasi : 04-10-59Chitra : 21-27-02

Varjiyam : 06-23 to 07-54 02-38 to 04-09

Trayodasi : 02-09-22Swati : 20-03-47


Chaturdasi : 00-26-29Visakha : 18-56-15


Ekadasi : 14-30-41Aswini : 14-34-19

Varjiyam : 10-12 to 11-56 00-39 to 02-19

Panchami : 01-36-58Sravana : 22-59-52


Dvitiya : 22-12-21Mula : 18-15-51

Varjiyam : 16-37 to 18-14 04-13 to 05-54

Pratima : 22-22-02Jyestha : 17-56-13


Amavasya : 23-08-30Anuradha : 18-11-30


Tritiya : 22-42-26Purvasadha : 19-13-38


Chaturthi : 23-52-02Uttrasadha : 20-49-34


Sasti : 03-49-09Dhanista : 01-36-55

No Varjiyam

Ashtami : 08-48-07Purvabhadra : 07-26-30


Ashtami (Full)Purvabhadra (Full)


Saptami : 06-17-15Satabhisha : 04-29-59


Navami : 11-08-17Uttarabhadra : 10-13-29


Dasami : 13-05-37Revathi : 12-39-12

No Varjiyam

Dwadasi : 15-17-43Bharani : 15-53-02


Purnima : 13-47-53Mrigasira : 16-06-31


Chaturdasi : 14-53-29Rohini : 16-36-25

Varjiyam : 08-31 to 10-07 22-02 to 23-36

Trayodasi : 15-24-48Krittika : 16-33-16

No varjiyam

Pratima : 12-13-51Arudra : 15-09-23


Dvitiya : 10-18-01Punarvasu : 13-51-40


Tritiya : 08-07-12Pushya : 12-20-13

Varjiyam : 00-16 to 01-46Chaturthi : 05-47-54

Panchami : 03-26-02Aslesha : 10-41-34


Saptami : 22-53-57Pubha : 07-25-10

Varjiyam : 14-11 to 15-40Uttara : 05-56-25

Sasti : 01-06-39Magha : 09-01-34


Ashtami : 20-51-18Hasta : 04-38-28


Navami : 19-01-21Chitra : 03-33-49


Dasami : 17-26-19Swati : 02-44-37


Ekadasi : 16-08-21Visakha : 02-13-00

Varjiyam : 08-09 to 09-43 06-10 since 25 - Christmas

JANUARY 2011

In east India owl is considered as the vehicle of Lakshmi, the Goddess of prosperity. It is believed that Lakshmi flies down to earth on her great white owl to alleviate darkness of poverty, anger and laziness. The owl is symbolic of all the riches and royalty.























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23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Dasami : 08-49-58Krittika : 02-23-57


Chaturthi : 20-28-16Dhanista : 09-51-46

Varjiyam : 05-51 tp 07-39

Trayodasi : 05-19-17Mula : 09-28-53

Varjiyam : 07-45 to 09-26 19-36 to 21-17

Dwadasi : 15-09-43Anuradha : 02-01-20Varjiyam : 07-42 end

Trayodasi : 14-33-00Jyestha : 02-12-15


Pratima : 15-21-25Uttrasadha : 05-24-50


Amavasya : 14-36-30Purvasadha : 03-52-14


Chaturdasi : 14-21-02Mula : 02-48-27


Dvitiya : 16-36-27Sravana (Full)


Tritiya : 18-20-07Sravana : 07-25-40


Panchami : 20-53-48Satabhisha : 12-37-22


Ashtami : 06-06-48Revathi : 21-51-37


Saptami : 03-55-33Uttarabhadra : 18-30-49

No Varjiyam

Sasti : 01-26-53 Purvabhadra : 15-33-59


Navami (Full)Aswini : 23-36-02


Navami : 07-48-15Bharani : 01-21-18


Ekadasi : 09-05-48Rohini : 02-40-47


Purnima : 02-54-14Punarvasu : 23-24-27


Trayodasi : 07-17-36Arudra : 01-05-04


Dwadasi : 08-34-11Mrigasira : 02-12-55


Pratima : 00-03-57Pushya : 21-19-46


Dvitiya : 21-00-09Aslesha : 19-00-26


Tritiya : 17-52-01Magha : 16-35-57

Varjiyam : 07-13 end 23-48 to 01-15

Chaturthi : 14-48-26Pubha : 14-15-29


Sasti : 09-26-36Hasta : 10-19-18


Saptami : 07-21-17Chitra : 08-56-41

Varjiyam : 14-19 to 15-52Ashtami : 05-45-33

Navami : 04-41-20Swati : 08-03-26


Dasami : 04-08-32Visakha : 07-41-07


Ekadasi : 04-05-31Anuradha : 07-49-19


Dwadasi : 04-29-54Jyestha : 08-26-05


Panchami : 11-57-34Uttara : 12-07-29


01 - New Year’s Day

14 - Pongal

26 - Republic Day

FEBRUARY 2011

According to Ramayana, a squirrel, though small in size helped Rama in building the bridge to Sri Lanka to save Sita Devi. This moved Rama who lovingly stroked the squirrel’s back and it is believed that this is how the plain brown squirrel got its stripes.























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Amavasya (Full)Uttrasadha : 12-43-34


Chaturdasi : 06-13-44Purvasadha : 10-55-20


Amavasya : 08-05-41Sravana : 14-52-00


Pratima : 09-59-33Dhanista : 17-18-55


Dvitiya : 12-10-57Satabhisha : 20-01-39


Tritiya : 14-36-05Purvabhadra : 22-56-00

No Varjiyam

Pratima : 10-25-33Pubha : 23-49-06

Varjiyam : 09-46 to 11-10 06-07 Since

Navami : 02-11-56Krittika : 11-34-07


Sasti : 22-04-46Aswini (Full)


Panchami : 19-42-10Revathi : 04-52-30


Chaturthi : 17-09-10Uttarabhadra : 01-55-46


Saptami : 00-05-00Aswini : 07-35-38


Ashtami : 01-30-45Bharani : 09-53-19


Dasami : 02-02-25Rohini : 12-29-12


Trayodasi : 20-38-55Punarvasu : 10-19-25


Dwadasi : 23-10-54Arudra : 11-49-16


Ekadasi : 01-00-58Mrigasira : 12-34-07


Chaturdasi : 17-33-56Pushya : 08-12-20

Varjiyam : 19-40 to 21-04Aslesha : 05-37-46

Purnima : 14-05-58Magha : 02-46-21


Dvitiya : 06-43-16Uttara : 20-56-59

Varjiyam :07-31 endTritiya : 03-09-36

Sasti : 18-55-54Swati : 14-32-36


Panchami : 21-07-18Chitra : 16-09-39

Varjiyam : 21-20 to 22.50

Chaturthi : 23-54-32Hasta : 18-20-34


Saptami : 07-25-36Visakha : 13-35-33


Ashtami : 16-39-31Anuradha : 13-21-36


Navami : 16-36-42Jyestha : 13-50-10


Dasami : 17-13-02Mula : 14-57-15

Varjiyam : 13-15 to 14-57 01-10 to 02-53

Ekadasi : 18-22-09Purvasadha : 16-36-34


MARCH 2011Raahukaalam

4.30 pm to 6.00 pm






















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6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

Purnima : 23-39-22Pubha : 10-57-50


Saptami : 17-05-34Rohini : 20-30-10

Varjiyam : 11-53 to 13-35 02-12 to 15-51

Trayodasi : 21-51-31Sravana : 21-04-38


Dwadasi : 19-57-04Uttrasadha : 18-41-06


Chaturdasi : 00-00-32Dhanista : 23-42-13

No Varjiyam

Amavasya : 02-20-13Satabhisha : 02-30-03


Pratima : 04-47-08Purvabhadra : 05-24-48


Dvitiya (Full)Uttarabhadra (Full)


Chaturthi : 12-09-41Aswini : 14-10-07

Varjiyam : 09-40 to 11-28 00-47 to 02-30

Tritiya : 09-47-12Revathi : 11-20-03


Dvitiya : 07-17-39Uttarabhadra : 08-22-57


Panchami : 14-16-59Bharani : 16-45-09


Sasti : 15-59-09Krittika : 18-55-20


Ashtami : 17-27-04Mrigasira : 21-20-42


Ekadasi : 13-28-56Pushya : 18-57-05

No Varjiyam

Dasami : 15-37-29Punarvasu : 20-32-28

Varjiyam : 08-55 to 10-28 04-03 to 05-33

Navami : 16-58-02Arudra : 21-21-40


Dwadasi : 10-39-16Aslesha : 16-42-56

Varjiyam : 06-38 to 08-05 03-26 to 04-51

Trayodasi : 07-17-32Magha : 13-59-35


Pratima : 19-44-38Uttara : 07-49-01

Varjiyam : 15-08 to 16-30Hasta : 04-44-36

Chaturthi : 09-46-46Visakha : 21-47-26

Varjiyam : 06-10 end 01-36-03-08

Tritiya : 12-38-02Swati : 23-33-35


Dvitiya : 16-00-39Chitra : 01-55-52


Panchami : 07-35-37Anuradha : 20-45-06

Varjiyam : 02-17 to 03-52Sasti : 06-11-09

Saptami : 05-36-43Jyestha : 20-31-11


Ashtami : 05-51-29Mula : 21-06-14

Varjiyam : 06-21 end 19-28 to 21-06

Navami (Full)Purvasadha : 22-26-19


Dasami : 08-24-59Sravana : 02-49-22


Ekadasi : 10-25-39Dhanista : 05-33-25


Dwadasi : 12-43-04Satabhisha (Full)


Navami : 06-50-21Uttrasadha : 00-23-52


03 - Maha Shivaratri

19 - Holi

The boar gains greater significance in Hindu mythology as Maha Vishnu’s Varaha Avatar. It is believed that Vishnu re-incarnated as a white boar to slay the evil demon Hiraniyaksha even while protecting the world by balancing it in-between the tusks.

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Animals in Indian Mythology - LNTECC · Animals in Indian Mythology Indian culture has always integrated Nature. In more ways than one, it proclaims that Nature is God. Animals in