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Dawn of New Year (Nekath Udawa)
Dawn of New Year is at 14th April 2011 at 01:01pm

Punya Kalaya

Punyakalaya is the time which starts 6hrs 24 minutes before the dawn of New Year and ends 6 hours 24 minutes after the dawn of New Year. So the puniya kala for Sri Lanka starts on  14 th April at 06:37 a.m and ends at  14 th April at 07:35 pm .  The first portion of the Punyakala  is allocated for religious ceremonies and the second part is for traditions like preparing Meals. Starting work, transactions ect.
Lighting of the hearth

Preparing Meals "Aahara Piseema"
April 14th at 01:06 p.m

Auspicious direction is north

Auspicious cloth Golden Colour
Prepare a "Kiri Bath" from red rice mixed with Ghee and Kollu seeds (Kollu seeds is – Horse Gram -and Jaggery (sharkara)

Starting Work, Transactions and Taking Meals "Aahara Anubhavaya, Weda Alleema and Ganudenu Kireema"
April 14th at 3:18 pm

Auspicious direction North

Auspicious cloth Golden Colour

Applying Oil "Hisa thel Geema"
April 16th at 07:41 am (Morning)

Auspicious direction South

Auspicious cloth Blue Colour

Bo Leaves for the head and Neem (Kohomba) leaves for the feet

Going to work
April 18th at 6:28 am (Morning)

Auspicious direction North
Auspicious cloth white colour cloth