Now most of the festivals are of two days duration. The change in dates is often visible during festivals. Devotees get confused due to this. The scholars of Panchang prove their points with different arguments. Take Diwali only, this year Diwali was celebrated on 31st October and 1st November. But on the other hand, the business class has benefited from this. The market got two days. Business was good. Are festivals dictating the market? Today is Diwali and yesterday was also Diwali! Why Diwali for two days? Shambhunath ShuklaShambhunath Shukla.
There was a big dilemma this year regarding Diwali. Some pundits fixed the auspicious time for 31st October and some for 1st November. Now often the dates of festivals go beyond two days. From Makar Sankranti to Diwali. Whereas earlier the date of Makar Sankranti was only 14th January. But this time Makar Sankranti falls on 15th January. This is getting weird. In North India, especially on this side of Vindhya, fasts and festivals are decided on the basis of Vikrami Samvat. This Samvat runs on the basis of lunar calculations.
Since the Moon revolves around the Earth's axis in 27 days and its speed of rotation and rotation are the same, its complete cycle is counted as 29.5 days. By multiplying 12 months by this 29.5, the days of a year are 354. Whereas in solar calculation a year of 365 days has been counted. But there is little flexibility in lunar calculations and solar calculations. Flexibility in counting days. Since along with lunar calculations, solar calculations were also prevalent in the Indian society, hence contrary to Islamic traditions, to eliminate this flexibility in India, Purushottam month is celebrated every third year. Was created. In this way an extra month is added every third year. That is, the year is not completed in 12 months but in 13 months.
This does not disturb the weather cycle. And Holi will fall in the beginning of summer and Diwali in the beginning of winter. Otherwise, like Islamic traditions, Eid sometimes falls in the harsh winter, sometimes in the scorching heat and sometimes in the rainy season. Perhaps there is not so much variety in weather in the Arabian desert, so they did not feel the need to have leap years or leap days in a year based on lunar calculations. In the Gregorian calendar, which is accepted by the entire Christian world and has a scientific explanation in almost all the countries of the world, the defects of solar calculations have been removed by arranging for leap year. Similarly, here in the Vikrami calendar also, the market keeps an eye on holidays, but even after this, there is some variation in both the calculations. No one has yet been able to create a perfect calendar. The result is that in Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist festivals which follow Vikrami Samvat, due to difference in dates and time and moment, the festivals fall tomorrow instead of today.
That is why Shiromani Gurdwara Management Committee started the Nanakshahi calendar. But the date of Kartik Purnima will be what Vikram Samvat will tell. It is a different matter that such a difference occurs after years. In America and Canada, considering the market, festival holidays are organized in such a way that a long weekend is available. For example, if any festival falls on Thursday or Tuesday, then the holiday will be made on Friday or Monday. This provides a long weekend and people go out for holidays. Even on such occasions, holidays like national pride days are celebrated in this manner. If people come out, the tourism industry will grow. There everyone's emphasis is on outings. Both the government and businessmen are buying money and grains during festivals. Now in our country too, market pressure on festivals has started increasing.
There is a boom in the market from the first day of Navratri till Diwali and further till Kartik Purnima (Guru Nanak Jayanti). Buyers go broke. Perhaps also because our country has been and still is a country of farmers. Kharif crops start coming home from Navratri. We have plenty of cash crops in Kharif. That is why it has been called the festival of wealth and grains. Navratri, Vijayadashami, Sharad Purnima, Karva Chauth, Diwali and Kartik Purnima. This season is neither too cold nor too hot. That's why all the fairs and carts take place during these days. Everyone celebrates openly. Diwali festival alone is celebrated for five days. Bhaiya Dooj starts from Dhanteras. Billions of rupees are purchased.
The business class clears out all the goods these days. In anticipation of cheaper goods, customers also wait for the festive season to start and make purchases. They hope that these days the goods will be available relatively cheaper. So he also waits. Apart from this, there is severe cold in North India. Here, arrangements for everything from clothes to food have to be made during these days. Because after Kartik, such a season comes in which it is difficult to leave the house. Children and elderly people stay at home. Therefore, winter clothes are also purchased during these days. Jewelery and fancy clothes too. In India, vehicles are also bought on these days. People working in cities go to their villages these days, especially on Diwali and Chhath Puja. Everyone buys lots of gifts. This is the reason why this festival in India is purely a market festival. Now Diwali is six days old. In India, one form of the festival is show off and the other is also a religious form. In celebrating the festival religiously, moments and moments are also associated with tradition.
Since the Amavasya Tithi of Kartik started from 3.53 pm on 31st October and till 3.53 pm on 1st November, Diwali was celebrated on both the days. In this way the business class got two days but Diwali puja is done at night only, otherwise what would have happened to the fringes, firecrackers and fireworks worth crores of rupees! Therefore it was considered to be on 31st October.
Willingly or not, this festival became six days long this year. Dhanteras on 29th October, Chaturdashi on 30th, Diwali on 31st and 1st and Govardhan Puja on 2nd November. Bhaiya Dooj will be celebrated on 3rd November. In this way the traders got 6 days. But these 6 days have now become a crisis for Chhath Puja also. Devotees are not able to understand whether they should celebrate Chhath on 6th November or 7th. Celebrated Dhanteras by buying brooms, but market sources say that this time the season was slow. Sweets were purchased but the showrooms of branded clothes remained empty. On the day of Dhanteras, people performed the ritual by simply buying brooms. After this there was silence in the market. Cars were sold the least this season.
Whereas car sellers had announced discounts ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 12 lakh. There was a discount of Rs 1 lakh on Maruti's Baleno and Rs 2.5 lakh on Jeep Compass. Toyota had also announced a discount of Rs 2.5 lakh on Fortuner. A discount of up to Rs 12 lakh was announced on expensive cars. This much discount was given on some models of BMW, Audi and Mercedes. Still, the cars did not sell as expected. This slowdown in the car market was felt right from Navratri. People went to the market with empty pockets.
The shopkeepers remained disappointed. The market does not shine with the shine of gold! However, the gold market shined very much. First there were record sales on Karva Chauth and then on Diwali. But increasing sale of gold is not considered a symbol of prosperity. This means, the consumer class wants safe investment of money. The real estate market also remained weak. Firstly, people do not have money, secondly, even if they have it, they want to convert it into gold. Because no matter how much inflation there is or funds like demonetization come, the money invested in gold always remains safe. The price of the car reduces by 20% as soon as it comes out of the showroom. It is not known when the flat will be available in real estate. But the price of gold will always move upwards. Now whether Diwali is celebrated for six days or any other festival, if money does not come in the market then everything is useless.
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