Sun-worship Vratas (16) Cakṣurvrata

The Cakṣurvrata is also called as the Netravrata. The second day of the bright fortnight in the month of the Caitra is observed as the Cakṣurvrata, in which the twin deities, the Aśvins are worshipped. The Aśvins are regarded as the divine physicians, popularly identified with the Sun and the moon. It lasts for a year or twelve years. The performer subsists on curd and ghee on the specific day of its observance and worships the respective deities. Observing it for a year, the worshipper attains good observing and for twelve years becomes the king.^[1]