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The monsoon months are the weakest months of the year, easily causing diseases due to change in the climate because of the pouring rains. Monsoon is strong during these days spreading diseases through water and air. That is why marriages, family celebrations and other communal activities are not held during this month.
If the bride conceives in this month, she will deliver the child in the second half of May (Chithirai), the hottest period of the year, which may harm both the child and the mother. Moreover, contagious diseases like small pox, measles, etc. are more prevalent during this time.
In older Days: This season is the time for busy agricultural tasks of cultivation. All people have to focus their whole attention to agriculture, Rivers and streams are filled with water due to monsoon rains and men cannot waste their time in other engagements. They have to get up very early in the morning and involve themselves in their duties
Ashada month (Aadi) plays a great role with marriage related issues, I can see there is a general saying that during the month, newly married couple should not stay together and daughter in law and mother in law should not stay in same house, etc
Ok fine, these are the following reasons given by many people, who try to give some strength to this belief:
1, If newly married couple stay together in this month then the possibility of child’s birth might take place during summer, so it causes health issues for the mother and child.
2, During Ashadam the gods goes to sleep according to Uttharayana and Dhakshinayana theory, so since they are not in active mood, the marriage may not be blessed by gods.
3, During Ashada, weather is too windy. Olden days any auspicious events used to take place in a open space. Blowing wind would lit the lamps off, or would bring the dust along its blow and may spoil the food prepared in open space.
Yagna, Yagas and Homas would be difficult with the blowing wind hence our sages restricted any such events during these 30 days.
Fine, here are few points from my point of view:
If we think the logic 1 is valid, then:
Summer is a 3 month period and summer heat varies from region to region, so even avoiding ashada month, child may born in April or May, so these two months are still peak summer in many places, so this seems not valid reason.
Older days when there were not enough medical facilities like now, so people might considered it seriously to handle summer.
If we take 2nd logic valid, then:
Gods goes to sleep for 6 months, so avoiding one month I am not sure what we can achieve, also god sleeps or going on vacation still he protects his bhaktas at any time and at any condition, so this is completely funny reason.
Everyday in temples we can see the last seva for the lord happens to be the Ekanta Seva, the seva before god goes to sleep, basically in tradition we see god as a relationship, so we take care of him just like we serve our own mother or father, so god sleeping in night is just our own belief, but god never sleeps, the explanation of Anantha Sayana of Anantha Padmanabha Swamy is not that he sleeps but he is in divine sleep (Yoga Sadana) in which he actually directs the universe to function.
If we take 3rd logic valid, then:
Very simple, we can ignore this as infrastructure now are much better then older days, so no need to worry about this.
Another interesting note:
But in my opinion the belief of Aadi/Ashadam as an inauspicious month is not true, it’s just like any other month, also we have to note that only the first year of the aadi/ashadam married couples need to be separated so I hope this is nothing to do with marriages or any good works.
The monsoon months are the weakest months of the year, easily causing diseases due to change in the climate because of the pouring rains. Monsoon is strong during these days spreading diseases through water and air. That is why marriages, family celebrations and other communal activities are not held during this month.
If the bride conceives in this month, she will deliver the child in the second half of May (Chithirai), the hottest period of the year, which may harm both the child and the mother. Moreover, contagious diseases like small pox, measles, etc. are more prevalent during this time.
In older Days: This season is the time for busy agricultural tasks of cultivation. All people have to focus their whole attention to agriculture, Rivers and streams are filled with water due to monsoon rains and men cannot waste their time in other engagements. They have to get up very early in the morning and involve themselves in their duties
Ashada month (Aadi) plays a great role with marriage related issues, I can see there is a general saying that during the month, newly married couple should not stay together and daughter in law and mother in law should not stay in same house, etc
Ok fine, these are the following reasons given by many people, who try to give some strength to this belief:
1, If newly married couple stay together in this month then the possibility of child’s birth might take place during summer, so it causes health issues for the mother and child.
2, During Ashadam the gods goes to sleep according to Uttharayana and Dhakshinayana theory, so since they are not in active mood, the marriage may not be blessed by gods.
3, During Ashada, weather is too windy. Olden days any auspicious events used to take place in a open space. Blowing wind would lit the lamps off, or would bring the dust along its blow and may spoil the food prepared in open space.
Yagna, Yagas and Homas would be difficult with the blowing wind hence our sages restricted any such events during these 30 days.
Fine, here are few points from my point of view:
If we think the logic 1 is valid, then:
Summer is a 3 month period and summer heat varies from region to region, so even avoiding ashada month, child may born in April or May, so these two months are still peak summer in many places, so this seems not valid reason.
Older days when there were not enough medical facilities like now, so people might considered it seriously to handle summer.
If we take 2nd logic valid, then:
Gods goes to sleep for 6 months, so avoiding one month I am not sure what we can achieve, also god sleeps or going on vacation still he protects his bhaktas at any time and at any condition, so this is completely funny reason.
Everyday in temples we can see the last seva for the lord happens to be the Ekanta Seva, the seva before god goes to sleep, basically in tradition we see god as a relationship, so we take care of him just like we serve our own mother or father, so god sleeping in night is just our own belief, but god never sleeps, the explanation of Anantha Sayana of Anantha Padmanabha Swamy is not that he sleeps but he is in divine sleep (Yoga Sadana) in which he actually directs the universe to function.
If we take 3rd logic valid, then:
Very simple, we can ignore this as infrastructure now are much better then older days, so no need to worry about this.
Another interesting note:
Note: This section is not my own view but a fact I heard so don’t consider as racism
During old days becoming administrator under king, like ministers, administrators, etc (now simply government jobs), was considered most noble and very powerful (this is true even now), so according to vedic astrology a in a person’s horoscope sun placed in Aries sign considered the planet’s exalted position, so belief is that a person’s horoscope with a strong sun’s placement considered he/she will get into government job or service, so people belonging to few communities (in that era only few particular communities had knowledge of astrology) started spreading roomers to other community people to avoid them getting married or staying together but they preferably used to perform marriages in this particular month. Anyhow I am not sure how much truth behind this factor but still this point is logical.
But in my opinion the belief of Aadi/Ashadam as an inauspicious month is not true, it’s just like any other month, also we have to note that only the first year of the aadi/ashadam married couples need to be separated so I hope this is nothing to do with marriages or any good works.
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