Marriage - Upanayan - Naming Ceremony - Annaprasan – Ekadasi - Purnima And Amavasya Dates In Year 2013

In this article Bengalis will get the dates of Marriage, Upanayan or Threading ceremony, Naming ceremony, Annaprasan, Ekadasi, Purnima and Amavasya in year 2013. For Ekadasi, Purnima and Amavasya, dates along with starting time and end time are also posted here.

Bengali marriage dates in 2013

16 January – Wednesday (Magh 2) 

17 January – Thursday (Magh 3) 

19 January – Saturday (Magh 5) 

23 January – Wednesday (Magh 9) 

28 January – Monday (Magh 14) 

29 January – Tuesday (Magh 15) 

31 January – Thursday (Magh 17) 

1 February – Friday (Magh 18) 

6 February – Wednesday (Magh 23) 

14 February – Thursday (Falgun 2) 

19 February – Tuesday (Falgun 7) 

25 February – Monday (Falgun 13) 

26 February – Tuesday (Falgun 14) 

27 February – Wednesday (Falgun 15) 

4 March – Monday (Falgun 20) 

7 March – Thursday (Falgun 23) 

13 March – Wednesday (Falgun 29) 

 Upanayan or Threading ceremony dates of Bengali boys in 2013 

Naming ceremony dates of Bengali babies in 2013

3 January – Thursday (Poush 18) 

4 January – Friday (Poush 19) 

17 January – Thursday (Magh 3) 

18 January – Friday (Magh 4) 

23 January – Wednesday (Magh 9) 

24 January – Thursday (Magh 10) 

31 January – Thursday (Magh 17) 

1 February – Friday (Magh 18) 

8 February – Friday (Magh 25) 

11 February – Monday (Magh 28) 

13 February – Wednesday (Falgun 1) 

14 February – Thursday (Falgun 2) 

15 February – Friday (Falgun 3) 

21 February – Thursday (Falgun 8) 

23 February – Saturday (Falgun 10) 

27 February – Wednesday (Falgun 15) 

28 February – Thursday (Falgun 16) 

4 March – Monday (Falgun 20) 

13 March – Wednesday (Falgun 29) 

18 March – Monday (Chaitra 4) 

22 March – Friday (Chaitra 8) 

28 March – Thursday (Chaitra 13) 

29 March – Friday (Chaitra 14) 

5 April – Friday (Chaitra 22) 

11 April – Thursday (Chaitra 28) 

Annaprasan dates in 2013

21 January – Monday (Magh 7) 

24 January – Thursday (Magh 10) 

13 February – Wednesday (Falgun 1) 

14 February – Thursday (Falgun 2) 

15 February – Friday (Falgun 3) 

21 February – Thursday (Falgun 8) 

13 March – Wednesday (Falgun 29) 

22 March – Friday (Chaitra 8) 

26 March – Tuesday (Chaitra 11) 

Ekadasi dates in 2013

January 7:-Monday (Pous 22) from 12.53 pm to 10.41 am of January 8, Tuesday (Pous 23). 

January 22:-Tuesday (Magh 8) from 0.29 am to 2.36 am of January 23, Wednesday (Magh 9). 

February 5:-Tuesday (Magh 22) from 11.34 pm to 9.12 pm of February 6, Wednesday (Magh 23). 

February 20:-Wednesday (Falgun 8) from 8.00 pm to 9.59 pm of February 21, Thursday (Falgun 9). 

March 7:-Wednesday (Falgun 23) from 9.27 am to 7.16 am of March 8, Thursday (Falgun 24). 

March 22:-Friday (Chaitra 8) from 1.58 pm to 3.15 pm of March 23, Saturday (Chaitra 9). 

April 5:-Friday (Chaitra 22) from 7.00 pm to 5.17 pm of April 6, Saturday (Chaitra 23). 

Purnima dates in 2013 

January 26:-Saturday (Magh 12) from 8.34 am to 9.56 am of January 27 Sunday (Magh 13). 

February 25:-Monday (Falgun 13) from 1.53 am to 2.13 am of February 26, Tuesday (Falgun 14). 

March 26:-Tuesday (Chaitra 12) from 4.05 pm to 3.22 pm of March 27, Wednesday (Chaitra 13). 

Amavasya dates in 2013

January 11:-Friday (Pous 26) from 3.42 am to 1.14 am of January 12, Saturday (Pous 27). 

February 9:-Saturday (Magh 26) from 2.47 pm to 1.07 pm of February 10, Sunday (Magh 27). 

March 11:-Monday (Falgun 27) from 2.19 am to 1.25 am of March 12, Tuesday (Falgun 28). 

April 9:-Tuesday (Chaitra 26) from 2.35 pm to 2.39 pm of April 10, Wednesday (Chaitra 27). 

Durga Puja Dates in 2012

With the end of Durga Puja on 2011, Bengalis will eagerly wait for another one year for the Durga Puja on 2012. Durga Puja is the main religious festival of West Bengal and the planning of next year Durga Puja will start from the end of this Durga Puja.

Durga Puja dates on 2012 are as follows

15 October 2012, Monday - Mahalaya

20 October 2012, Saturday - Maha Sashti.

21 October 2012, Sunday - Maha Saptami.

22 October 2012, Monday - Maha Ashtami.

23 October 2012, Tuesday - Maha Navami.

24 October 2012, Wednesday – Vijayadasami

Kumari Puja on Mahashtami of Durga Puja

This article is on Kumari Puja on the day of Mahashtami of Durga Puja and the reason behind Kumari Puja.

On the Mahashtami morning, an important ritual is performed which is known as Kumari Puja. During the Durga Puja days, Goddess Durga is worshiped in different forms. On the Dashami day, Maa Durga is treated as a daughter. Among the different forms of Maa Durga, one form is of a ‘Kumari’ means young virgin girl.

According to Hindu believes, Kumari Puja is performed to emphasize the purity and divinity of women in our society. In our society women are yet to get the same status as men and this is not the phenomenon of recent time, it is continuing from time immemorial. We Indians worship Goddess Durga, Kali, Laxmi more than any other God still the women in our society are ill treated. On many occasions our society blames women without any reason, raise question about their purity. Kumari Puja is a symbolic against all these blames on women.

Sri Ramkrishna Paramhans, the great saint worshipped Sarada Maa, his wife as Kumari on a Durga Puja. Swami Vivekananda described Sarada Maa as ‘living Durga’.

For the Kumari Puja in Mahastami of Durga Puja, a young girl who is yet to reach her puberty is selected. In the early morning of Mahashtami, the girl will take bath in holy Ganga water and is clad in a saree, preferably a red Benarasi. The little girl takes all kind of make up, flowers, jewellery, sindoor, alta are used. During the Kumari Puja, the girl will sit before Goddess Durga and the priest perform puja on the girl. Hindus believe that after the Kumari Puja is over, the divinity of Maa Durga is found on the girl.

Kumari Puja in Belur Math is worth seeing. Swami Vivekananda performed Kumari Puja  in Belur Math for the first time in 1902 where he worshiped nine Kumari girls, offered Pushpanjali at their feet, touched their feet at the end of Puja.