SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 8 Text 24
agnir jyotir ahah suklah
san masa uttarayanam
tatra prayata gacchanti
brahma brahma-vido janah

agnih--fire; jyotih--light; ahah--day; suklah--the white fortnight; sat-masah--the six months; uttara-ayanam--when the sun passes on the northern side; tatra--there; prayatah--those who pass away; gacchanti--go; brahma--to the Absolute; brahma-vidah--who know the Absolute; janah--persons.

TRANSLATION

Those who know the Supreme Brahman attain that Supreme by passing away from the world during the influence of the fiery god, in the light, at an auspicious moment of the day, during the fortnight of the waxing moon, or during the six months when the sun travels in the north.