Day 1 Of Navratri: The Day To Honor Maa Shailputri

Chaitra Navratri has started today. Today, is the first day of Navratri, the day devoted to Goddess Shailputri. Offer prayers, observe fast and seek blessings from the Devi. But how to observe this day in the right way? Widen your knowledge about the first day of Navratri through this article.

Devi Of Today, Maa Shailputri

Navratri commences with pleasing Goddess Shailputri. The first Avatar of Maa Durga, Shailputri is popularly known as the ‘Daughter of Himalayas’. As the Devi is companion of Lord Shiva; therefore, worshipping her with the Lord helps the devotees to enter Moolchakra. The goddess carries lotus in her left hand and Trishul (trident) in the right hand. Riding on a bull, she looks incredible. Shailputri is also known as Hemavati and Parvati.

How To Perform The Rituals Of The Day

As today is the first day of Navratri; therefore, the main event of this day is ‘Ghatsthapana’. To conduct this ritual, prepare a small bed of mud and grow barley seeds over it. Now, place a Kalash (pitcher) on it. The Kalash is filled with water and a red sacred thread is to be tied around it. Take a bowl filled with rice and keep it on top of the Kalash. Finally, place a coconut (wrapped with mango leaves) over the Kalash. Make sure not to disturb the Kalash for the following nine days. After setting up Ghatsthapana, offer a garland made of fresh flowers to the goddess. Read the holy book ‘Durga Saptshati’.

Mantra Of The Day

Vande Vanchhitalabhay chandrardhakritshekharam |
Vrisharudham Shooldharam Shailputreem Yashasvineem ||

Please The Devi With Observing Fast

To please Maa Shailputri, you can observe Navratri fast. The fast starts early morning with offering prayers and performing Aarti. During Navratri fast, you can eat nuts, curd, fruits, Sabudana (Sago). While keeping the fast, you should strictly avoid intake of onion, garlic, and alcohol.

To know all about Maa Shailputri and the legend behind her incarnation, please visit the given link - Devi Shailputri: The First Manifestation Of Durga

Event Of The Day! Panchak are ending today. To know about Panchak in 2014, please click here - Panchak 2014 Also, today is the transit of Venus in Aquarius. To know the effects, click here - Venus In Aquarius

Weekly Sensex - Nifty Predictions (31/03/2014 – 04/04/2014)

Weekly Planetary Position 

During the week, Moon will be transiting in Pisces, Aries & Taurus. Sun in Pisces. Mercury & Venus in Aquarius. Lord Saturn & Rahu in Libra. Jupiter in Gemini, Ketu in Aries. Pluto in Sagittarius. Neptune in Aquarius & Uranus in Pisces. Mercury will shift to Pisces on 4th April 2014.

FOLLOWING SECTORS WILL BE RECEIVING ASTROLOGICAL SUPPORT:

FINANCIAL sector will be receiving strong astrological support. Buy L&THF, Syndicate Bank, Shriram Road Transport, SBI, BOI, Yes Bank, United Bank, IDBI, PFC & REC ect on dips.

TELECOM sector will be receiving strong astrological support. Buy Rel Com, Bharti Airtel, Idea, MTNL & Tata Com on dips.

Mining / Drilling sector will also be getting strong astrological support, Buy Selan Exploration, MMTC, GMDC, NMDC, HOEC & ABAN on every dip.

CAPITAL GOODS sector will also continue getting strong astrological support. Buy Siemens, Havels, Crompton, Voltas, L&T & ABB etc on dips. This sector was also predicted last week & during the week – ABB, BHEL, Crompton & Siemens went up by 7-10% from weekly low.

TYRE (Rubber) sector will also be getting strong astrological support. Buy Apollo Tyre, Ceat, Good Year, Balkrishan Industries & JK Tyre etc on every decline. This sector was predicted last week also & during the week – Ceat, JK Tyre, TVS Srichakra, Balkishan Industries, Apollo Tyres & Falcon went up by 6-30% from weekly low.

CEMENT sector will also continue receiving strong astrological support. Buy Indian Cement, ACC, Ambuja Cement, JK Cement, Shree Cement etc on dips. This sector was predicted last week also & during the week – ACC, Ambuja, Ultratech, Indian Cement, Dalmia Cement & JK Cement moved up by 9-24% from weekly low.

LEATHER sector will continue getting strong astrological support. Buy Bata, Liberty Shoes, Mirza International & Relaxo ect on dips. This sector was predicted last week & during the week – Bata, Liberty Shoes, Relaxo & Mirza International moved up by 4.5-9%. 

LIQUOR sector will also continue getting astrological support. Accumulate Mcdowel, Jagat jit Indutries, United Brewery, Radico & GM Brewery on every decline. This sector was also predicted last week & during the week – Mcdowel, Globus Spirit, Radico Khaitan, Jagatjit Industries & GM Brewery shot up by 6-20%. 

After gap of few weeks, TECHNOLOGY sector have again started getting astrological suppot. One may start accumulating – Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Hexaware, TCS, Wipro & HCL Tech etc.

Always be very cautious, when some main planets i.e. Rahu, Ketu, Jupiter & Lord Saturn are changing their houses. It may be that certain sectors which were continuously getting support for long time may stop receiving support due to change in position by above planets & stocks of those sectors starts coming down, resulting in losses. This is common reason, why most people loss money.

One should trade only in the stocks of that sectors which are getting very strong astrologically support.

Sectors which get very strong ASTROLOGICAL support are not normally affected by downfall in the market.

By Satish Gupta

(http://astrostocktips.in)

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Sensex -Nifty Astrology Predictions (31.03.2014)

Planets position on 31st March 2014 at 09:15am at Mumbai

• Lagna in Taurus
• Ketu in Aries
• Sun & Moon in Pisces
• Moon & Venus in Aquarius
• Mars in Virgo
• Saturn & Rahu in Libra
• Jupiter in Gemini

Planetary Aspects

Moon conjoins Sun & opposite Mars. Mars opposite Ketu. Mercury Trines Saturn. Jupiter squares Moon & trines Mercury. Venus trines Mars & squares Saturn.

Panchang

Tithi: Shukla Pratipada
Nakshatra: Revati
Yoga: Indra
Karana: Kintughna

Bullish euphoria will continue. Buying interest will be observed in infra, realty, banking, FMCG and paper stocks.

Persons having Aquarius & Libra moon signs / Lagna (ascendant) will be financially affected today. They should refrain from money matters today.

We suggest the readers not to indulge in any kind of speculation like day trading, but invest astrologically as per their individual horoscopes for long term to gain profits.

Disclaimer: The predictions made herein are for information purposes and are not recommendations to any person to buy or sell any securities. We only use astrological analysis, so target are not based on any technical or fundamental analysis but only on the experience of an astrologer. Its accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. The information provided herein is not to be construed as an offer to buy or sell securities of any kind. The Astrologer and the company do not accept any liability for the use of this column. Readers of this column who buy or sell securities based on the information in this column are solely responsible for their actions. And author won't be liable or responsible for any legal or financial losses made by anyone.

By Rajeev. K. Khattar 

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Ugadi: Beginning of New Year

Tomorrow the whole country will celebrate the beginning of new year as Ugadi. It is a time to realize your dreams and for making new beginnings. Know more about the festival of Ugadi by reading this article.

Ugadi or Gudi Padwa marks the beginning of new year. Ugadi is celebrated on the first day of Chaitra Masa. In the year 2014, Yugadi falls on the date of March 31, 2014 i.e. on Monday.

Yugadi is made from the Sanskrit words ‘Yuga’ and ‘Adi’, in which Yuga stands for 'era' and Adi stands for 'beginning'. Chaitra Masa is the first month of the new year according to the Indian calendar Panchang. Therefore, it is celebrated as the beginning of new year.

Yugadi or Gudi Padwa falls on different dates every year as Hindus follows a lunisolar calendar. It is also celebrated as the first day of Chaitra Navratri which comes during the month of (March-April). Yugadi is celebrated in almost every part of the country. Also in the other countries like- Mauritius, Nepal, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

Different names are used by the people of different states for the festival of Yugadi. Yugadi or Ugadi is the term for the festival that is generally used in some parts of South India that is in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. In Maharashtra the festival is celebrated as Gudi Padwa. In Rajasthan, Yugadi is known as Thapna. In Punjab, Punjabis celebrate this day as Baisakhi and in Tamil Nadu, as Puthandu. The day is also considered as a great day for starting any new business or task.
Legends Of Ugadi Or Gudi Padwa

It is believed that Lord Brahma began and created this beautiful universe. Since that time this auspicious day is celebrated as Yugadi. He created the universe, years, months and days on this day.
Celebrations Of Ugadi Or Gudi Padwa

People clean their houses, buy new clothes, prepare some delicious dishes for celebrating Yugadi. They visit temples and pray for a prosperous new year. They distribute sweets in family and friends for celebrating this special day of Yugadi.
Famous Delicacies Of Ugadi Or Gudi Padwa

Ugadi is such a widely celebrated festival. People from almost every state and every religion celebrate this festival with some special delicacies. Some of the delicacies are:

• Badam Halwa
• Rice flakes Kheer
• Coconut Burfi
• Lemon rice
• Ugadi Bhojanam – festival Thali
• Upma
• Mango Shrikhand

We hope that after reading this article, you will be able to understand the significance of Ugadi or Gudi Padwa in a better way. Wish you all a very happy and prosperous Ugadi or new year.

England vs Netherlands 29th T20: Astro-Numerology Prediction (March 31, 2014)

The England vs Netherlands 29th T20 prediction is now available at AstroSage. Astro-Numerology tells the name of the winning team. Both the teams will battle it out for the title, let’s see who wins.

The ICC World 20-20/ 2014 has begun in Bangladesh. There are many teams contesting and this is fifth world 20-20 series. We will see many exciting, hilarious and sad moments in here. I will try to find out the winner with my astro-numerology and would like that readers should take it as pure entertainment and academically and should not base any of their decisions on it. The prize money is 3 million dollars. It is a huge amount and all will try to grab the trophy.

England vs Netherlands, 29th T20
March 31, 2014, Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Favorite team: ENGLAND
Time for prediction: 16:19:44
Date: 29-3-2014
Place: BANGLADESH

Ascendant Lord: SUN: 5
Moon Star lord: JUPITER: 21
Moon Sign lord: SATURN: 21
Day Lord: SATURN: 21

WINNER: Our total is 1 so remainder will be 1 thus the winner will be ENGLAND.

By Acharya Raman

New Zealand v Sri Lanka 30th T20: Astro-Numerology Prediction (March 31, 2014)

The New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 30th T20 prediction is now available at AstroSage. Astro-Numerology tells the name of the winning team. Both the teams will battle it out for the title, let’s see who wins.

The ICC World 20-20/ 2014 has begun in Bangladesh. There are many teams contesting and this is fifth world 20-20 series. We will see many exciting, hilarious and sad moments in here. I will try to find out the winner with my astro-numerology and would like that readers should take it as pure entertainment and academically and should not base any of their decisions on it. The prize money is 3 million dollars. It is a huge amount and all will try to grab the trophy.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 30th T20

March 31, 2014, Dhaka (Bangladesh)

Favorite team: SRILANKA
Time for prediction: 16:19:44
Date: 29-3-2014
Place: BANGLADESH

Ascendant Lord: SUN: 5
Moon Star lord: JUPITER: 21
Moon Sign lord: SATURN: 21
Day Lord: SATURN: 21

WINNER: Our total is 1 so remainder will be 1 thus the winner will be SRILANKA.

By Acharya Raman

Vikram Samvat Ends: Beginning Of A New Era

Want to know about the effects of the new Samvatsar on ourselves and our country? Everytime Samvatsar produces some positive or negative effects on the people of the country. Read the article on to know more about the effects of new Samvatsar.

The first date of the lunar month of the bright fortnight (Pratipada) of Chaitra month begins the new Samvatsar (Era or the 60 years cycle). This year's Nampla Wang era is Vikrami Samvatsar.

In this Samvatsar (era) from the prospect of Graha Yoga, 6 places are received by fortunate planets and 4 places are received by cruel planets, in the house of planets zone. This year's king is Moon, minister is Moon, Sasyesh is Mercury, Dhaanyesh is Mars, Meghesh is Sun, Rasesh is Venus, Neershesh is Mars, Phalesh is Venus, Dhanesh is Mercury and Durgesh is Sun.

Venus and Saturn will change their signs; therefore, this year will usually produce positive results for India. This year the government will pass different laws for the welfare of women and children. Government will remain faithful for the abolition of corruption. Different types of political and natural crisis can be seen by the governments of Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Jammu, Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa. This year special attention will be given to gas and power related projects. Capacity of industrial production will increase. Majorly this year will remain auspicious and beneficial for the country and people.

In the month of Chaitra: There will be chaos in politics, production of chaff crops will increase. The price of aloe, jaggery, make up products and salt will increase.

In the month of Vaishakh: The people of Delhi, Haryana, and Punjab, will remain distressed. The prices of Ghee, sugar cane, and milk will decrease. There will be outburst of a unique kind of fever. Prices of cotton, sesame seeds and threads will increase.

In the month of Jyeshtha: Because of five Thursdays in a month, the price of grains and cereals will decrease. Because of five Fridays in a month, there will be an increase in public. Opposition will be faced by the Brahmin community. Government will face some difficulties. Prices of wheat, Urad, sesame seeds will decrease.

In the month of Ashad: There are possibilities of floods. Natural disasters are also possible on some places. There are possibilities of drought and rain deficit. The prices of mustard, urad, wheat, rice will increase.

In the month of Shravan: Diseases will increase because of five sundays in a month. Some natural disaster is possible in Orissa, prices of juices, aloe, Khas, wheat flour will increase. In Hyderabad there will be some situation of tension.

In the month of Bhadrapad: Rain deficit is possible. Loss in agricultural practices is possible. Prices of cotton, wheat, urad, moong, Ghee and oil will increase. Some tensions in border areas are possible. Animals-birds and cows will suffer.

In the month of Ashwin: Inflation will increase. Rain deficit is possible. People will face difficulties in the area of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana. Businessman will face some troubles.

In the month of Kartik: Rain deficit is possible. Sufferings of public are possible. There are possibilities of earthquakes in the seven islands of earth. Prices of Ghee, urad, sesame seeds will increase.

In the month of Margashirsha: We will see very less rainfall. Inflation will increase. There are possibilities of fight or division of states. People will suffer from natural disasters in Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Nepal, and North Punjab. Prices of sugar cane, Ghee, sesame seeds, and urad will increase.

In the month of Paush: The presence of five sundays in the month are inauspicious, but five mondays will bring some auspiciousness. Prices of fluids, Ghee, oil, Kapoor, Sandal wood, and the prices of red color products will increase.

In the month of Magh: Welfare and happiness of people will increase. The production of Jaggery, flax seeds, gram lentils will get affected by heavy rains.

In the month of Falgun: Prices of paddy crops will decrease because of five Thursdays in a month. The prices of cows, buffaloes, horses, automobiles, silver and gold will increase. Agricultural practices will improve.

In the month of Chaitra: In slum areas, infection of some unique disease is possible. Loss of trees is possible due to high snowfall in hilly areas.

Results of Plavanga Samvatsar: Medium rainfall is expected, illness will increase. Distress will increase among people because of thieves.

Results of Yearly Lagna: There will be peace in north-east. Middle areas of the country will get affected by heavy rainfall and diseases. Prices of Ghee and grains will decrease in the Eastern areas of the country. Southern parts of the country will remain prosperous, but animals will face some suffering.

We hope that now you are having an idea of the positive and negative effects of the new Samvatsar. Enjoy the positive effects, but at the same time, try to prevent the negative effects of this Samvatsar. 

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