Sahasra Purna Chandrodayam (or Sahasra Chandra Darshan) is the celebration of a person's 1000th

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during his or her life as a special occasion. This is a Hindu custom in India. The time between similar lunar phases, the

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, is on average 29.53 days, and thus 1000 moons equals 29530 days = 80.849 years = approximately 80 years, 10 months on the Western calendar. In practice the celebration traditionally is held 3 full moons before a person's 81st Birthday. This ritual is also known as Sahasra Chandra Darshan (सहस्र-(पूर्ण)चन्द्र-दर्शन) or Chandra Ratharohan The ritual is to provide mental and physical strength in his/her old age and to encourage him/her to pursue spiritual liberation from all problems in this life. In

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''sahasra'' means 1000, ''purna'' means full, and ''chandrodayam'' means dawn of moon. A similar kind of celebrations for elderly persons are * Completion of 60 years - Shashtiaabdapoorthi (or ''Shashti poorthi'') * Completion of 77 years, 7 months, 7 days - Bhim Rathaarohan or Bhima Ratha Shanthi * Completion of 88 years 8 months, 8 days - Deva Rathaarohan or Deva Ratha Shanthi * Completion of 99 years, 9 months, 9 days - Divya Rathaarohan or Divya Ratha Shanthi * Completion of 105 years 8 months, 8 days - Mahadivya Rathaarohan or Mahadivya Ratha Shanthi

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