16 July 2095
- Tithi
- Shukla Chaturdashi · until 6:00 AM
- Nakshatra
- Purva Ashadha
- Sunrise – Sunset
- 5:39 AM – 8:25 PM
- Abhijit Muhurta
- 12:32 PM – 1:31 PM
Festival · 2095
Guru Purnima 2095
Falls on 16 July 2095 in New York, as computed from the real sky for that city.
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Wishing you a blessed Guru Purnima
May you remember everyone who taught you, and may you become, for someone, the teacher you were given.
तद्विज्ञानार्थं स गुरुमेवाभिगच्छेत्
tadvijñānārthaṁ sa gurumevābhigacchet
Its meaning
To know that, let one go, fuel in hand, to a teacher.
Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.12
When, for New York
16 July 2095
Shukla Chaturdashi · until 6:00 AM
Do
Write to a teacher who changed you, and say specifically what changed. If they have passed, write it anyway and keep it.
Leave aside
Confusing a teacher with someone who must be obeyed without question.
Send this as your wish
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Wishing you a blessed Guru Purnima
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The sky that day
- The Moon
- Shukla Chaturdashi
- The Sun is in
- Mithuna
- The Moon is in
- Dhanu, in Purva Ashadha
The full Moon of Ashadha, the first full Moon of the rains: the season of staying put, which is why it has always been the season of learning.
What the day is
For Vyasa, and for every teacher since. The full moon of the month that turns toward learning.
The story
4 stories the day keeps. Turn each card.
1 / 4Vyasa, who arranged the VedaTurn ↻
Krishna Dvaipayana, born on an island to Satyavati and the sage Parashara, gathered the Veda and arranged it into four so that it could be learned and kept. He composed the Mahabharata, and the tradition remembers him as the teacher of teachers. This full Moon is also called Vyasa Purnima.
Mahabharata, Adi Parva; Vishnu Purana.
2 / 4The young teacher who speaks in silenceTurn ↻
Under a banyan sits Dakshinamurti, Shiva as the teacher: the guru is young, the disciples are old, and the teaching is silence, yet every doubt of the disciples dissolves. The highest teaching is given by presence, not by words.
The Dakshinamurti dhyana verses, as recited in the tradition.
3 / 4The first sermon at SarnathTurn ↻
On the full Moon of Ashadha, Buddhist tradition holds, the newly awakened Buddha gave his first teaching to five companions in the Deer Park at Sarnath, setting the wheel of the teaching in motion.
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Samyutta Nikaya.
4 / 4Let the teacher be a god to youTurn ↻
When the students of the Vedic school leave, the teacher gives them a parting charge: speak the truth, follow dharma, do not neglect study; let mother, father, teacher and guest be as gods to you.
Taittiriya Upanishad 1.11.
The days around it
3 days kept as one season. Each has its own page.
What is said, and what is so
Often said
A guru is to be obeyed without a question.
The root
Krishna tells Arjuna to learn from the wise by humility, by questioning and by service. The Gita is itself one long question answered. The true teacher welcomes the question; it is how the student grows.
How to keep Guru Purnima
Free acts, done by you. Kept so far this year: 0 of 3.
Write to a teacher who changed you, and say specifically what changed. If they have passed, write it anyway and keep it.
Teach one thing you know to someone who cannot repay you.
Learn the verse that begins Gurur Brahma, and understand each line before you recite it.
Each act is free and done by you. Keeping one writes it to your karma ledger with the day's panchang. Nothing here is ever bought, and no act is a remedy.
The family's part
The youngest
Makes a card for a teacher at school and says thank you in their own words.
The eldest
Tells the family about a teacher who shaped their life, and what that teacher said.
Everyone
Each person names one thing they learned this year and who they learned it from.
How India keeps it
Ashrams and mathas
Disciples gather for the worship of the guru and of Vyasa, and the rainy season retreat of the sannyasis formally begins.
Music and dance traditions
Students honour their gurus and ustads, often by performing before them, offering what they have been taught.
Nepal
The day is kept as a day for teachers, with students honouring them in schools.
Buddhist communities
The same full Moon is Asalha Puja, remembering the first sermon at Sarnath.
The day, for New York
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.
For another city
The stories, their sources and the regional customs on this page await a scholar's review. The sky and the dates are computed for your city.