Tag Homa

No Karma or ceremony is performed for the child(excepting the naming of the child,Karna Bhushana, ear-piercing ceremony) till the child completes its first anniversary.

No Tilak or even God's Prasad Vibhuti or Kumkum is to be applied, save for applying Vibhuti/Kumkum on rare occasions, as when the child had fallen sick seriously .

This Ceremony is performed on the completion of the first year of birth of the child, calculated on the basis of the Hindu Calendar.

English Calendar does not apply.

On the Janma Nakshatra, the Nakshatra of the day of the month in which the child is born , The Ayush Homa is celebrated,

In case the Janma Nakshatra falls on two days in a month(all according to Hindu Calendar). the Ayush Homa is to be done on the later day when the Nakshatra falls.

There is no specific Lagna to be fixed for the function.

Rahu Kala, Yama Kanda are to be avoided( there are two views on Yama Kanda, general view is that it is to be avoided, but Yama Kandaka means this Time is Yama or Death, to the Time itself i.e. auspicious.)

However it is advisable that the function is kept in the Sukra Horai, which occurs after the Sunrise and it varies for each day of the week.

I shall be posting On Horais.

Following Pujas, Homa is performed for the Ayush Homa.

1.Ganapathy Puja.

2. Kalasa Puja when the Sri Rudra, Chamaka is chanted.

3.Ayush Homa, when the Ayushya Suktam is chanted 108 times (36x3 times)

4.Nakshatra Homa for all the Nakshatra Devatas.

5.Mrityunjaya Mantra is chanted with Ahutis.

Following are the Materials needed.

1.Turmeric Powder. one small pocket.