On this day some people go to take bath in the river before dawn carrying a lamp on their head. Then in the courtyard in front of the house the sun is worshipped. A picture of the chariot and the seven horses is drawn on the ground. Then on the stove milk is boiled in earthen vessels while facing the sun. When the milk boils it is believed it reaches the sun.
Grain is offered to the brahmins.
Some people show their respect to the sun by bowing twelve times every day to the sun, repeating every time one of the twelve names of the sun. On this day a new season begins, the sun sitting on his chariot sets out on his journey. In the country of Kamboj there was a king named Yashovarma. He was a religious minded ruler, arid happiness prevailed in his kingdom. But the king had become old and had no children.