Almost everyone knows their birthday which comes once a year and is based on the Gregorian calendar introduced with Christianity, but is this the real birth day? Does this day have the same astronomical quality as the day you were born? Nope.
In Vedic times the birthday was (and still is) celebrated when:
(a) The sun has returned to the same sign as it was when you were born (Note: this is different to Western astrological sun signs which are not based on visible astronomy!).
AND
(b) The moon has returned to the same degree as when you were born.
We are working on an online calculator for your Vedic birthday so watch this space.
The Vedic birthday will have the same lunar and solar quality as the day you were born and in Vedic culture was the day that you would celebrate, pray, feast and give charity.
