Jaipur : Yam Deep is lit a day before Diwali, do you know why this Yam Deep is lit and what is the method of lighting it, what is the auspicious time to light this Yam Deep this year. When we talked to Dr. Kunal Kumar Jha, astrologer of the Post Graduate Astrology Department of Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University regarding all these questions, while talking to Local 18 he told that donating a lamp to one’s ancestors is called Yama Deep, That is, if understood in simple language, a lamp is donated to your ancestors who are almost dead.
Know the auspicious time to light Yama lamp
He told that this lamp donation also has its own importance and a mantra is also said while lighting it. One lamp is lit at the main entrance of the house and the other is lit at the place where the household waste is thrown. In it only a lamp made of cow dung is lit, which is lit towards the south. The auspicious time to light this lamp is between 6:32 pm to 8:28 pm.
What is the belief of lighting Yama lamp?
There is also a mythological belief that the importance of lighting this lamp is also said that by lighting the lamp, a prayer is made to Lord Yama for the protection of the family from the ancestors. By doing this the fear of untimely death in the family is reduced. This lamp is lit outside the house. There is a mythological belief behind this too. This lamp is lit for the ancestors and Yama Devta, who is the god of death and hence it is lit outside the house.
