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From 10 a.m. to an hour after sunset is not suitable for common chanting.
Asana for Chanting
It should be of pura white wool.
Proper Direction
For chanting the eastern or northern direction is welcome. There also the eastern is good for the chanting upto 10 a.m. and the northern for an hour after sunset. How To Chant
(a) Be purified, put on white clothes and sit on a suitably measured ground.
(b) Arrange for Asana and face the eastern or northern direction.
(c) Take a white rosary of cotton, spread a white Asana and observe the vow of light food.
(d) Keep a feeling in the mind "May all in the world be blessed"-"Shivam Astu Sarvajagatah."
(e) Keep your eyes steady on the tip of your nose.
(f) Chant the Mantra in such a manner whereby every letter spreads over the whole body.
(g) The time for chanting shall remain uniform. Thus a man chanting for five rosaries can chant upto 6 rosaries, but certainly not less than five.
(h) During the course of the chanting, the rosary shall not change.
(i) During the time of the chanting, the body shall ever remain steady and the back shall not bend.
