The spiritual calendar shines bright this Sunday, January 25, uniting Bhanu Saptami’s solar reverence with Gupta Navratri’s seventh esoteric day in Magha Shukla Paksha. A boon for Surya and Devi bhaktas.
Bhanu Saptami graces Sundays’ Saptami tithi as Ravi Saptami. Its worship is lauded for bestowing opulence, wellness, career elevation, and freedom from distresses corporeal and cerebral.
Magha Gupta Navratri fuels secret Devi tapasya, prized by occult practitioners. This tandem event on Sunday amplifies its holy quotient exponentially.
Pouja protocol: Bathe dawn, proffer Surya arghya with red sandal, roli, rakta pushp, gud, rice, water. Japa 108 times: ‘Om Hram Hreem Hroum Sah Suryaya Namah’, ‘Ghrini Suryaya Namah’, ‘Surya Devatabhyam Namah’. Philanthropy of jaggery, wheat, laal vastra, copper seals the rite.
Tradition teaches this day’s Surya sadhana energizes the soul, advances vocations, expels maladies, fosters optimism. Allied with Navratri, it merges radiance and divine feminine force.
Per Panchang: Saptami persists to 11:10 PM. Revati Nakshatra closes 1:35 PM, Ashwini emerges. Chandra Meen. Uday 7:13 AM, ast 5:54 PM.
Time your acts: Sidestep Rahu (4:34-5:54 PM), Yamaganda (12:34-1:54 PM), Gulika (3:14-4:34 PM). Harness Brahma (5:26-6:19 AM), Abhijit (12:12-12:55 PM).
Embrace this radiant Sunday for life’s uplifting momentum.