Knowledge and insight

Festivals and Vrat

Chhath, Navratri, Ekadashi, Karva Chauth and the rules of other observances.

Karva Chauth: The Fast, the Puja and the Moonrise

From the pre dawn sargi to sighting the moon, and why the timing is local.

Twenty four Ekadashis a year, and the one rule most people get wrong.

The installation of the pot is the foundation of the whole observance. Here is how it is done.

The most demanding and most austere festival of Bihar and the eastern plains.

The full sequence for the Lakshmi Ganesh puja on Diwali, and how the muhurat is determined.