24 May 2013
- Tithi
- Shukla Purnima · until 00:24, 25 May 2013
- Nakshatra
- Vishakha
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 05:43 – 20:45
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 12:44 – 13:44
Festival · 2013
Buddha Purnima 2013
Falls on 24 May 2013 in Toronto, as computed from the real sky for that city.
The portal of Festivals
Today's three riddles
Turn a card. Answer all three rightly and this portal is sealed in your sky. New riddles every morning.
The day, for Toronto
The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.
What the day is
Birth, awakening and parinirvana on one full moon. The Buddha is not outside this tradition — he is its most rigorous internal critic, and the tradition kept him.
One act for the day
Eat simply, harm nothing today, and sit for as long as you honestly can.