The Karveer peeth Shankaracharya was getting requests from Maharashtrians abroad, asking if they could solemnise weddings during chaturmaas, the four monsoon months when muhurats aren’t given.
It’s time to revisit the unofficial ban on muhurats during this period.
The chaturmaas concept was relevant in agrarian societies without modern systems of transport and communication.
People had to tend to their fields, they could not travel by foot from one village to another in rain for weddings...these reasons aren’t valid now.
We need to iron out such concepts and revisit almanac-making for our times.
Muhurats for weddings and other auspicious occasions may be fixed during the so-called inauspicious monsoon months, and certain all-India festivals may fall on the same date in a year, instead of regional variations that now confuse people.
Necessity, in this case, is the mother of reinvention.
Hindu almanacs, popularly called panchangs across the country, are headed for fundamental changes, with the baby steps taken by a reformist group in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
In time to come, there may be uniformity or at least agreement on certain almanac notings among the 40-odd almanac-makers in the country.
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?265668
In time to come, there may be uniformity or at least agreement on certain almanac notings among the 40-odd almanac-makers in the country.
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?265668
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