Khordad Sal Mubarak

Khordad Sal Mubarak, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

It is none other than the Birthday of our beloved Vakshure Vakshuran Paigambar Asho ZARATHUSHTRA Saheb. Yet Zarathushtra Saheb was not an ordinary man, He is himself regarded as equal to an Ahmeshashpand, with all their Splendour and Majesty and Power.
Let us travel hundreds of years ago to ancient Iran in the times of King Kai Lohrashp. Everywhere there was rampant evil. And the evil in those days was of monstrous proportions. The evil men would spoil the Yasna ceremonies, pollute the earth with their evil chants and would create havoc in Nature by literarily moving mountains and rivers and other creations of Ahura Mazda to further their nefarious activities. One righteous warrior after other valiantly attempted to stem this evil tide, but the dark forces got stronger and stronger.

There were plans in Nature to user a Soul, a Paigambar, who would check these demons and give mankind a Law to fight them. The Divine Plan was also to strengthen and re-establish the Mazdayasni religion that was prevalent at that time.

Asho Zarathushtra was born on Khordad Sal day to carry out this mission. It is said that the whole of Nature was joyous at this Phenomenon. The trees and the rivers and the mighty planets in the skies all rejoiced at the birth of this Saviour of mankind.

Asho Zarathushtra Saheb brought the demonic and evil forces under control and give the Mazdayasnis the Vi-devo-dat (the Laws to bring the demons under control), also called the Vendidad, which is applicable in all ages and at all times, even today.

Paigambar Zarathushtra not only gave us the Gathas, but also other Scriptures and prayers like the Yashts. He taught us not only to live by the Holy triad of Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds, but also to have faith in all our Scriptures, our ceremonies and our tariquats and rituals.

On this day of Khordad Sal, let us walk in the Path shown by our Paigambar Saheb and be good Zarathushtis.

I share a snippet of a song in honour of Zarathushtra Saheb, entitled "Koi puche mane kya che tara Zarathosht Paigambar". It is in MP3 (which can be copied into your cellphones or i-Pods) and play and remember Him daily.

Once again, HAPPY KHORDAD SAL MUBARAK to all of you.

courtesy
With best wishes,
Tehemton B. Adenwalla
traditionalzoroastrianism.blogspot.in/2009/08/happy-khord...



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pateti is not the Parsee New Year. Pateti is the last day of the closing year or the old year. The word 'Pateti' is derived from the Pazend script ‘patet’ which means 'repentance'. Since Pateti is the day of repentance, surely it is paradoxical to wish someone 'Pateti Mubarak'. However, to wish any PARSEE OR IRANI ZOROASTRIAN, you should say “Happy Navruz” or “HAPPY NEW YEAR” as wishes and NOT or NEVER Pateti. ( akin to “Good Friday” for Christians – we don’t wish.)
Pateti is translated as repentance or regret for some act of wrongdoing or sin. Given that the Parsis lay much importance to 'good thoughts, good words, and good deeds', any action that contravenes these ideals must be deemed a sin or an offence against the good and hence that person must repent on pateti day and pray.
By offering patet prayers, a person says, "I admit that I have committed a sin or wrongdoing, and I therefore deserve and will surely be given retribution. But I pray that the retribution is such that I might bear it. I pray to my GOD to grant me the spiritual strength to avoid falling into the same error, sin, wrongdoing again."
The word “Nav-ruz” in Persian, means "New-Day" (whereas the word “PATETI” means ‘Repentance’ and it falls on the last day of the old year which is the tenth day of the holy prayer “Muktad days”.) Pateti is the day to redeem oneself of the sins and mistakes and repent by offering patet prayer in the temple, and then, prepare to greet the New Year the next day with a clean conscience.
“Muktad days” are the last TEN DAYS of the current year. It is believed that during these 10 day spiritual festival, the spirits (farohars) of the dead visit their near and dear ones in this world. The priests perform special rituals and prayers at the Fire Temples, during which the spirits of the departed are invoked in order to seek their protection and blessings. On the last day, a special ceremony in honour of the farohars is performed, by way of a gesture to bid the holy spirits a final farewell from this world and seek blessings.
= MUKTAD DAYS were from 8-Aug.-2012 to 17-Aug.-2012 = 10 days. = PATETI is the last day of the old year – for repentance, 17-Aug.-2012. = New Year or NAVRUZ is on Sat. 18-Aug.-2012.
Zoroastrianism has numerous festivals and holy days, all of which are bound to the Zoroastrian calendar. The Shahenshahi and Kadmi variants of the calendar do not intercalcate leap years and hence the day of the Gregorian calendar year on which these days are celebrated shifts ahead with time. The third variant of the Zoroastrian calendar, known as either Fasli (in India) or Bastani (in Iran), intercalcates according to Gregorian calendar rules and thus remains synchronous with the seasons. For details on the differences, see Zoroastrian calendar.
Contents [hide]
1 Gahambars
2 Name-day feasts
3 Other holy days
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
[edit]Gahambars

The seasonal festivals, called gahambars (meaning "proper season"), occur six times a year. Due to the peculiarities of the Shahenshahi and Kadmi variants of the Zoroastrian calendar, in those variants the seasonal festivals are actually celebrated many months in advance and are therefore said to reflect the six "primordial creations" of Ahura Mazda, otherwise known as the Amesha Spentas. The six festivals are:
Maidyozarem Gahambar ('mid-spring' feast)
Maidyoshahem Gahambar ('mid-summer' feast)
Paitishahem Gahambar (feast of 'bringing in the harvest')
Ayathrem Gahambar ('bringing home the herds')
Maidyarem Gahambar ('mid-year'/winter feast)
Hamaspathmaidyem Gahambar (feast of 'all souls', literally 'coming of the whole group')
Each of these festivals is celebrated over five days.
[edit]Name-day feasts

Eleven divinities of the Zoroastrian pantheon have both a day-of-the-month and a month-of-the-year dedicated to them. A special Yasna or Jashan (meaning "worship", "oblation") service is then held in their honor on those day/month intersections.
Six of these Jashan days are dedicated to the six Ameshaspands (Amesha Spentas). These six days are respectively:
Jashan of Ardavisht, celebrating fire and all other luminaries. 3rd day of the 2nd month (April 22)
Jashan of (K)Hordad, celebrating the waters. 6th day of the 3rd month (May 25)
Jashan of Amurdad, celebrating plants. 7th day of the 5th month (July 25)
Jashan of Shahrevar, celebrating metals and minerals. 4th day of the 6th month (August 21)
Jashan of Bahman, celebrating animal creation. 2nd day of the 11th month (January 16)
Jashan of Spendarmad, celebrating the earth. 5th day of the 12th month (February 18)
In parentheses are the Fasli/Bastani calendar dates.
Five name-day feasts are dedicated to other yazatas with a name/month dedication:
Farwardigan, celebration of the Fravashis on the 19th day of the 1st month (April 8).
Tiregan, celebration to Tishtrya, the rains, on the 13th day of the 4th month (July 1).
Abanagan, celebration of Apas, the waters, in particular of Aredvi Sura Anahita. It falls on the 9th day of the 8th month (October 26).
Adargan, celebration of Atar, fire. Adargan falls on the 10th day of 9th month (November 24).
Mehregan, celebrating Mithra on the 16th day of the 7th month (October 2).
The remaining name/month dedication is to Dae "Creator", whose jashan is celebrated on each of the four days (1st, 8th, 15th, 23rd day of the month) that are dedicated to the Creator Ahura Mazda. Each of those four days is called Jashan of Dadvah ("Creator").
[edit]Other holy days

Other holy days include:
Nouruz, New Year's Day. In the Fasli/Bastani variant of the Zoroastrian calendar, this day is always the day of the spring equinox (nominally falling on March 21).
In the Shahenshahi and Kadmi calendars, which do not account for leap years, the New Year's Day has drifted ahead by over 200 days. These latter two variants of the calendar, which are only followed by the Zoroastrians of India, celebrate the spring equinox as Jamshed-i Nouroz, with New Year's Day then being celebrated in July/August as Pateti (see below).
Pateti, "(day) of penitence" (from patet "confession," hence also repentance and penitence). This is actually a day of introspection, and originally occurred on the last day (or on the last 5 days) of the calendar year. For reasons related to single day occasions being observed over six days, (the last day of) Pateti came to fall on (the first day of) the New Year's Day celebrations, and in India (Shahenshahi/Kadmi calendars) came to be "celebrated" on New Year's Day itself. Although the name has been retained, Pateti is no longer a day of introspection.
Sadeh, a mid-winter festival traditionally celebrated 100 days (hence sadeh) after the first day of winter, or alternatively, 50 days (100 days and nights) before New Year's Day. Because this festival involves building a bonfire, it is also called Adar-Jashan.
Zartosht No-Diso, the death anniversary of Zarathushtra, which is celebrated on the 11th day (Khorshed) of the 10th month (Dae). In the seasonal calendar, Zoroaster's death anniversary falls on December 26.
Khordad Sal, which celebrates the birth anniversary of Zoroaster. It falls on the 6th day ([K]hordad) of the 1st month (Farvardin). In the seasonal calendar, Zoroaster's birth anniversary falls on March 26.
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