Upanayanam during Dakshinayanam

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I understand that upanayanam are not performed during Dakshinayanam period. is there any exception or any other formalities to be copleted if you want to perform it during dakshinayanam?

 

[P.J.]

Why is Uttarayana auspicious?

Sun’s movement towards northern hemisphere is called Uttarayana and the movement towards southern hemisphere is called Dakshinayana. During Uttarayana, days are longer and in Dakshinayana, nights are longer. A year on earth is equal to one day of celestial. Celestial’s day commences from Uttarayana and their night commences from Dakshinayana. It means Makara Sankranti is the beginning of the day of Gods. So Uttarayana is an auspicious part of the year. Marriages, Gruha Praveshas, Upanayanam and such other auspicious occasions can take place only during Uttarayana. The supreme hero of Mahabharat, Bhishma who had the boon of Icchamrityu from his father left for his heavenly abode on this Sankranti day. On January 14, Sun moves from Dhanu to Makara. Uttarayana commences from that day.

Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi MahaSwamiji:

Uttarayana is the right period to perform upanayana- from the Tamil month Tai to Ani. when the sun journeys northwards. While this is the right time for marriages also, the season of spring(Chittirai to Vaikasi)is considered particularly auspicious. For upanayana the month specially favoured is Masi. Upanayana and marriage are not favoured during Daksinayana(from the Tamil month Adi to the end of Margazhi).


Nowadays, for various reasons, the upanayana and marriage ceremonies are delayed for as long as possible and celebrated in any month other than Margazhi. The results are there for you to see. But one must be happy perhaps that a function called marriage is still performed somehow. So long as people perform it, let them perform it at any time. If we take this attitude, marriages may be permitted in any season as a desperate step. But upanayana is a different matter. It should never be permitted in Daksinayana. If it is for some reason celebrated during this period, I would ask for its performance again in Uttarayana. Money is the main problem in conducting an upanayana or a marriage. Parents postpone the upanayana because they want to perform it at the same time as the marriage of their daughter so as to minimise the expenses.


Please consult your home Sasthirigal on this matter also.


https://ellakavi.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/significance-of-makara-sankranti/

Upanayana : When to Perform It ? from the Chapter "Brahmacaryasrama", in Hindu Dharma : kamakoti.org: