****Full Moon Day****

Purnima (full moon day) On this day, there will be a lunar eclipse starting at 09.57 PM in India and ending at 01.27 AM. The effect of the eclipse will begin 9 hours before at 12.57 PM. Therefore, all kinds of temple worship should be completed by 12.57 PM. The deities should be dressed with their night clothes and the evening offering (puri and sabji) along with hot milk should be offered to the Lord. Then following the rules of the eclipse, pieces of Kusha grass should be placed nearby the Lord and in the Lord’s water cups and the Lord should be put to rest by 12.50PM and the temple should be closed and pujari should be out from the temple by 12.57PM. A Kusha grass should be placed in each preparation that remains in the kitchen. On the next morning, the deity room and the temple should be washed properly before starting any worship. After this, temple worship should resume as usual.

Bhādrapada pūrṇimā