Happy Ghatasthapana Everyone !!!

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Today is the Start of the Dashain Festival !
May the goddess smile upon You!

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Does Dashain go for fifteen days and end with a full moon? I'm pretty sure Chinese holidays that are on a full moon coincide with a full moon in the states, but I think it's more than 15 days until the next full moon.

Please spare me my ignonce!

Found some info here:
Festivals of Nepal
Dashain Festival

From the second link:
The first day of Dashain is called Ghatasthapana, which literally means pot establishing. On this day the kalash, (holy water vessel) symbolising goddess Durga often with her image embossed on the side is placed in the prayer room. The kalash is filled with holy water and covered with cowdung on to which seeds are sown. A small rectangular sand block is made and the kalash is put in the centre. The surrounding bed of sand is also seeded with grains. The ghatasthapana ritual is performed at a certain auspicious moment determined by the astrologers. At that particular moment the priest intones a welcome, requesting goddess Durga to bless the vessel with her presence.
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Nevermind...the black circle on my calendar is the new moon. The empty circle is the full moon on Oct 12. Duh.
 
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