The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c8.62

c8.62

∗ The last five days of the old year and the first five days of the new year are called "Fravardigan" days. "During these ten days the frohars (fravashi or fravarti) the spiritual representatives of the deceased are believed to come to the houses" of men on the earth. See Dr. Haug's Essays on the Parsis, p. 225 note. At present the Hindu feasts extend over the whole of the fortnight. We, however, find an alternative period recorded in the Nirnaya Sindhu, which states that the feasts may extend over a fortnight, ten days or five days!