AUGUST 31, 2023 Thursday 
  • Sit on a clean place facing East
  • Do aachamanam
  • Wear the pavitram on the right hand ring finger,
  • Place 2 darbhais under folded feet as asanam,
  • Wear 2 darbhais folded around ring finger.
  • Ganapathi Dhyanam
    • shuklaambaradharam vishnum sashi varnam chathur bhujam
    • prasanna vadhanam dhyaayeth sarva vigna upashaanthaye ||
  • Do Praanaayaamam – om bhoo: + boor-bhuva-ssuvarom  om om om ||
    • mamopaattha samastha dhuritha kshayadwaara sree parameswara preethyarthham / sriman naaraayana preethyartham |
    • shubhe shobhane muhoorthe adhya brahmana:, dwitheeya paraarddhe swetha varaaha kalppe vyvaswatha manvanthare asthaa vimshathi thame kaliyuge, prathame paadhe krauncha dweeepe ramanaka varshe i-ndhra khande meroho paschime paarshwe sakaabdhe asmin varthamaane vyaavahaarike prabhavaadhi shasti samvatsaraanaam madhye |
    • Shobhakruth naama samvathsare, dakshinaayane, varsha ruthow, sraavana maase, krishna pakshe, prathamyaam, subha thithow
    • Vaasaraha, Vaasarasthu, Guru vaasara yukthaayaam,
    • SHATABHISHAK (till 8.15 am ET)/ POORVA PROSHTAPADA (after 8.15 am ET nakshathra yukthaayaam
    • subha nakshatra, subha yoga, subha karana, evam  guna viseshana visishtaayaam, asyaam prathamaayaam, subha thithow 
    • mithhyaatheetha pryaschittaartham, samvatsara praayaschittaarthham, doshavath apataneeya praayaschittaarthham, sandhyaa vandanaadi akaranena janita dosha nivruthyarthham, ashtotthara sahasra sankhyayaa(1008) (or sambhaavita sankhyayaa, as many as possible) gaayathree mahaa manthracjapam karishye ||
  • Take out the 2 darbhais from the fingers and throw it in the northern direction
  • Then start to do from pranavasya, aayaathwithi + savithaa devathaa |
  • Then do 1008 gaayathree japam
  • After completing the japam, do praanaayaamam (3 times) followed by gayathree upasthhaanam
  • Then remove and untie the pavitram, and place it also in the northern direction.
  • Then do the Aachamanam, say “Sarvam brahmaarpanam asthu” and pour little water in front of you
  • SHUBHAM !