When is Upakarma in 1943?

Upakarma 1943 for Anchorage, Alaska, America (United States): Rigveda Upakarma: August 14, 1943; Shukla Yajurveda: August 14, 1943; Krishna Yajurveda (Vaishnava): August 14, 1943; Krishna Yajurveda (Smartha): August 15, 1943; Samaveda Upakarma: September 2, 1943.

Upakarma dates for your city: Rigveda Upakarma, Yajur Upakarma (Shukla Yajurveda, Krishna Yajurveda Baudhayana, Apastamba and Hiranyakeshi, Aavani Avittam) and Samaveda Upakarma, for repeating and first-time performers.

Upakarma 1943: Anchorage, Alaska, Drishya Ganit Panchang

Rigveda Upakarma Full page →

Repeating

August 14, 1943

Shravana Nakshatra

First-timer

With parihara: August 14, 1943

Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

🌅 Previous Sunrise

Aug 13

05:04:25 AM

⭐ Nakshatra Begins

Aug 14

04:28:49 AM

🌅 Sunrise

Aug 14

05:06:59 AM

🌇 Sunset

Aug 14

09:02:21 PM

⭐ Nakshatra Ends

Aug 15

01:34:40 AM

🌅 Next Sunrise

Aug 15

05:09:32 AM

Yajur Upakarma Full page →

Shukla Yajurveda

Repeating

August 14, 1943

Shravana Purnima

First-timer

With parihara: August 14, 1943

Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

Krishna Yajurveda, Baudhayana Sutra

Repeating

August 14, 1943

Shravana Purnima

Krishna Yajurveda (Smartha): August 15, 1943

First-timer

With parihara: August 14, 1943

Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

Krishna Yajurveda, Apastamba Sutra

Repeating

August 14, 1943

Shravana Purnima

Krishna Yajurveda (Smartha): August 15, 1943

First-timer

With parihara: August 14, 1943

Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

Krishna Yajurveda, Hiranyakeshi Sutra

Repeating

August 14, 1943

Shravana Purnima

Krishna Yajurveda (Smartha): August 15, 1943

First-timer

With parihara: August 14, 1943

Guru Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

Shukra Modhyami: please contact your family priest (Pujari/Vadyar) for the appropriate remedy before performing Upakarma.

Gayatri Japam

August 15, 1943

🌅 Previous Sunrise

Aug 14

05:06:59 AM

🌕 Purnima Begins

Aug 14

02:18:39 PM

🌅 Sunrise

Aug 15

05:09:32 AM

🌖 Purnima Ends

Aug 15

10:33:56 AM

🌇 Sunset

Aug 15

08:59:24 PM

🌅 Next Sunrise

Aug 16

05:12:06 AM

Samaveda Upakarma Full page →

Samaveda Upakarma

Repeating

September 2, 1943

Bhadrapada Hasta Nakshatra

First-timer

With Prayashchitta: September 2, 1943

Perform the Yajnopavita Dharana (thread replacement) on this day regardless, reciting the standard mantra and discarding the old thread -- this keeps daily duties like Sandhyavandanam valid even when the full Upakarma cannot be performed at an auspicious time.

Observe a fast (Upavasa) or Prajapatya Krichchhra as Prayashchitta (penance) for the missed rite, per Nirnayasindhu.

Bathe in a river or sacred water body and offer simple Rishi Tarpana -- this is said to purify the remaining defect.

🌅 Previous Sunrise

Sep 1

05:52:39 AM

⭐ Nakshatra Begins

Sep 1

03:34:03 PM

🌅 Sunrise

Sep 2

05:55:10 AM

⭐ Nakshatra Ends

Sep 2

05:25:47 PM

🌇 Sunset

Sep 2

08:04:16 PM

🌅 Next Sunrise

Sep 3

05:57:40 AM

Eclipse or Sankranti within 48 hours of Upakarma

☀️ Simha Sankranti: Mon, Aug 16, 1943, 11:06 AM AWT · 2 panchang days after the Upakarma (Aug 14, 1943)

About

Upakarma

Upakarma is the annual renewal of the sacred thread (yajnopavita) and the resumption of Vedic study. Each Veda observes it on its own day: Rigveda Upakarma, Yajur Upakarma (Shravani Upakarma, Aavani Avittam) and Samaveda Upakarma.

The dates above are for your city and year, for those repeating the observance and for those performing it for the first time. Each Veda's full page has the complete table.

Where the views of different sampradayas differ, please follow the convention observed by your own family or sampradaya.

Commonly searched as: “Upakarma 1943 Anchorage”, “Upakarma Anchorage 1944”, “Aavani Avittam Anchorage 1943”

Tradition & Practice

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Rigveda Upakarma

Anchored to Shravana Nakshatra in Shravana masa.

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Yajur Upakarma

Anchored to Shravana Purnima, for Shukla Yajurveda and Krishna Yajurveda.

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Samaveda Upakarma

Anchored to Hasta Nakshatra in Bhadrapada.

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