Jinesh - No. You don't know this is the eighth day of the second half of Kartik month. The great Ashtanika festival begins today.
Festivals are for eating and drinking.
On festivals people eat good things, put on good dresses and live at ease. Jinesh - This is not a festival of enjoyments, it is a religious festival. People live with abstinence, worship the Lord and indulge in discussions over the nature of the self. It is a festival for the pursuit of the soul. The purpose of religious festivals is to develop feelings of detachment from worldly affairs.