Saptami () is the seventh day (
tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) in the
Hindu lunar calendar.
Occasions
*
Ratha Saptami:
Surya
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is usually worshiped on this occasion. Usually, Rathasapthami begins in households with a purification bath by holding a few bilva leaves on one's head while bathing and chanting a verse that is supposed to invoke the benevolence of the deity in all that one takes up the rest of the year. It also involves doing a puja with the ritual 'Naivedyam', flowers and fruits.
* Navaratri: The seventh Day of the Navaratri Kalaratri Puja takes place.
* The birthday of
Jalaram Bapa falls on Saptami
Shukla paksha
Paksha () refers to a fortnight or a lunar phase in a month of the Hindu lunar calendar.
Literally meaning "side", a paksha is the period either side of the '' purnima'' ( full moon day). A lunar month in the Hindu calendar has two fortnights, ...
of
Kartika and is celebrated as
Jalaram Jayanti.
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