Vishu wishes from IISH
In the vedic calander, vishu is the new year day which falls on the mesha sankranti day normally 14th April and sometimes on 15th. Vishu word is the short form of vishuvath. The starting point of the counting of the revolution of earth around the sun  is this mesha sankranti (Alpha Aeries point) the point of changing the sign of Sun from Meena to Mesha. This is indirectly told as the crossing of the sankranti line by the Sun because it is so when we view from the Earth. During Aryabhatta’s period , AD 499 March 21st at 1.00 Noon was the Mesha sankranthi vishuvath, which slowly drifted every year (ayanaachalanam) and this drifting for the last 1500 years resulted in the change of the Mesha sankranti from March 31st to April 14th /15th . New year day of Kali era is considered as this day. So we can say the new Kali year 5012 starts from April 15th vishuvath day according to the vedic calander. The Virodhi Nama samvatsaram will be over by April 14th and Vikruthi naama samvatsaram will start from Vishu onwards. Few experts also say that this change should be counted from March 21st. How ever astronomically the new year day is on April Vishuvath which we haved used for spiritual, traditional and social customs and rituals as in the other Indian traditions.
IISH WISHES A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR DAY AND VISHU FOR ONE AND ALL. AND ALSO GREAT COURAGE TO FACE ALL THE NEGATIVES IN THE LIFE.
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