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MENAFN- NewsIn.Asia) "> Poya is the name given to the Lunar monthly Buddhist holiday of Uposatha in Sri Lanka , where it is a civil and bank holiday. Full moon day is normally considered as the poya day in every month.
A Poya occurs every Uposatha is important to Buddhists all around the world, who have adopted the lunar calendar for their religious observances. Owing to the moon's fullness of size as well as its effulgence, the full moon day is treated as the most auspicious of the four lunar phases occurring once every lunar month (29.5 days) and thus marked by a holiday. [3]
Every full moon day is known as aPoyain the Sinhala language ; this is when a practising Sinhalese Buddhist visits a temple for religious observances. [3] There are 13 or 14Poyasper year. [4] [5] The termpoyais derived from the Pali and Sanskrit work uposatha (fromupa+vas"to fast"), primarily signifying "fast day". Generally, shops and businesses are closed on Poya days, and the sale of alcohol and meat is forbidden.
The Poya Day in each month generally falls on the Gregorian date of the full moon but occasionally it falls a day either side. The designated Poya Day is based on the phase of the moon at the Madhyahana time of day (the variant of Madhyahana which only covers two ghatikas). This is analogous to the rules that govern the date of Ganesh Chaturthi.
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