bhadra = akash g nga men jyotish ke anusar ek aranbh yog. bhadra = dvitiya, saptami, dvadshi tithi ki sangya. bhadra = surya ki vah kanya jo chaya se utpann hui hai arthat ek rashmi. bhadra = yam ki bahan bhadrakal samay ko rekhankit karne vala kiran. bhadra = tithi ke adha bhag karan ke a ntargat vishti namak karan. pauranik akhyan - devasur sangram men rakshason ne devtaon ko parast kar diya to mahadev ne krodh karke apne sharir se kharmukhi (gadhe jaise mukh), langul yukt tin charan (bandar ki punch jaise tin panv), satbhuja (sat hath), sinh ke saman gala, kshamodri (bans jaisi patli kamr), pret par savar daityon ko marti hui akriti ke rup men utpann ho gayi. tab devtaon dvara prasann hokar use vishti arthat yam ke samakaksh mahatva dete hue uska svabhav darun kasht dene vali nirdharit kar sthan de diya gaya. bhadra ke nam: karali = ag si lapat liye daravni jihna nandni = kanya si ayu men dikhai dene vali raudri = rudra ki patni, gauri durmukhi = bure mukh vali rakshasi si akriti. sumukhi = akarshan lie mishri = sammishran karne vali (mikvri) nag ka nam vaishnavi = aprajitahansi = mada hans bhadra kal pan. babulal joshi bhadra ka pravesh kal:
1. prati shukla paksh men = chaturthi aur ekadshi ke uÿararddh men.
2. prati shukla paksh men = ashtami aur purnima ke purvaddh men.
3. prati krishn paksh men = tritiya aur dashmi ke uÿararddh men.
4. prati krishn paksh men saptami aur chaturdashi ke purvarddh men. bhadra ka praman kal: din-rat ka 30van bhag tithi ka adha bhag.
bh ka nivas:
1. min, mesh, sinh aur vrishchik rashi ka chandrama-svarg tak = shubh.
2. kanya, tula, dhanu aur makar rashi ka chandrama - patal lok = dhan prapti.
3. kark, kunbh, vrishabh aur mithun rashi ka chandrama - mrityu lok = ashubh. anttah bhadra bhadra hi hai. iska samay kal nindit hi kaha gaya hai. yah samast shubh mangal karmon men nishedh thahrayi gayi hai. bhadra men hartalika vrat, shiv parvati ki puja, jat karm sanskar upakarm, hemadri sanskar, shravni, vastuon ki adla-badli, rasoi banane ki kriya, isht devta ka pujan, jaldan, jal seva pyau lagana jaise karya kiye ja sakte hain. kintu, shravan purnima par raksha bandhan tatha falgun purnima par holika dahan bhadrakal samapti ke bad hi karna yogya thahraya gaya hai.