Sahasra purna chandrodayam


Sahasra Purna Chandrodayam is the celebration of a person's 1000th full moon during his or her life as a special occasion. This is a custom in parts of the state of Maharashtra in India and Nepal. The time between similar lunar phases, the synodic month, 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 or Chandra Ratharohan Nilu Damle writes that the ritual is to provide strength to the person up to the end of their life, lessen their ego, provide strength to them while a foetus in their mother's womb, and be strong at birth.
In Sanskrit sahasra means 1000, purna means full, and chandrodyam means dawn of moon.
A similar kind of celebrations for elderly persons are