As the Sun moves from Pisces to Aries, the Sinhala and Tamil New Year will dawn on us tomorrow.
The zodiac shift is considered a great ceremony for the Sri Lankan agrarian societies with the promise of crops. The main tradition of this ceremony is to appreciate the Sun God who provides the rich resources of rice and other food items.
The Sinhala and Tamil New Year New Year will dawn tomorrow evening at 1. 47.
The inauspicious time or Nonagathaya will take place from 7.23 in the morning to 08.11 in the evening tomorrow.
Astrologers state that it is wise to take the first meal at 7.23 a.m. and stop working in order to take part in religious activities.
The auspicious time to kindle the hearth is at 2.05 p.m.
It has been deemed auspicious to dress yourself in red attire, turn eastwards and kindle the hearth to prepare red milk rice mixed with cane sugar, accompanied by a sweet meat.
It has also been deemed auspicious to conduct transactions at 02.42 p.m.tomorrow, Tuesday. This is also the auspicious time to consume food, facing the East and in red attire.
The auspicious time for the anointing of the head with oils, is 09.06 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15; while the auspicious colour for attire is light green and the auspicious direction, North.
