What is Adhikamas, when does it come? Know its mythological basis and importance

Adhik Maas 2023: This year, due to the extra month in Sawan, Sawan will be of 59 days i.e. of two months. Once in every three years, there is an extra month of the year, which is called Adhikamas. It takes more time to adapt to the situation.

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In the English calendar, there are 12 months in every year. But according to the Panchang, once in every three years there is an additional month, which is also known as Adhikamas or Purushottam Maas. In Adhikamas, the importance of worship-recitation, fasting and meditation increases a lot. But do you know why and when Adhikamas takes place once in every three years. know about it.

When does it seem like a month

The Panchang or the Hindu calendar is based on the calculation of the Sun and Lunar years. Adhikamas is the additional part of the lunar year, which is formed with a difference of 32 months, 16 days and 8 hours. It takes Adhikamas to bridge this gap or create balance between Sun and Moon year.

On the other hand, according to the Indian calculation method, there are 365 days in the solar year and 354 days in the lunar year. In this way, in one year there is a difference of 11 days between lunar and solar year and in three years this difference becomes 33 days. This 33 days becomes an additional month after three years. This additional 33 days are added to a month, which has been named Adhikamas. By doing this, the date of fast-festivals remains favourable, and at the same time, due to Adhikamas, it helps in maintaining the period count properly.

Adhikamas is also known as Malmas and Purushottam month. This year Adhikamas is connected in the month of Savan, due to which this time Monsoon Will be of two months. Adhikamas is starting from 18 July 2023 and will end on 16 August 2023.

What is the mythological basis of Adhikamas

According to the legend related to Adhikamas, once the demon king Hiranyakashyap pleased Lord Brahma by doing severe penance and asked him for the boon of immortality. But giving the boon of immortality is prohibited, that’s why Brahma ji asked him to ask for some other boon.

Then Hiranyakashyap asked Brahma ji to give such a boon that no man, woman, animal, deity or demon in the world could kill him and he would not die even in all the 12 months of the year. His death should be neither during the day nor at night. He neither died from any weapon nor from any other weapon. He should be killed neither in the house nor outside the house. Brahma ji gave him such a boon.

But as soon as he got this boon, Hiranyakashyap started considering himself immortal and equal to God. Then Lord Vishnu appeared in the form of Narasimha avatar (half man and half lion) in Adhikamas and sent Hiranyakashyap’s chest to China with his nails under the Dehri in the evening and sent him to the door of death.

Importance of Adhikamas

According to Hindu religion, every living being in the world is made up of five elements (water, fire, sky, air and earth). Adhikamas is the time in which a person tries to establish the balance of these Panchmahabhoots present in his body through meditation, meditation, yoga etc. along with religious works. That’s why a person gets filled with new energy after attaining ultimate purity every three years by the works done during Adhikamas.

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