Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.262
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.262
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RAṆṬU (The Malayālam word for ‘two’).
1. Ayanas two. A. Uttarāyaṇa, from July-August to December-January (Dhanu). B. Dakṣiṇāyana, from January-February (Makaram) to June-July (Mithunam). For the Devas Uttarāyaṇa is day and Dakṣiṇāyana night. Religious-minded Hindus believe that Uttarāyaṇa is an auspicious period for death.