Nishkramana (Sanskrit:निष्क्रमण,Niṣkramaṇa) (literally, first outing) is the sixth of the 16saṃskāras (sacraments) practiced by theHindus. On the day of theNishkramana, a square area in the courtyard from where sun can be seen is plastered with cow dung and clay and the sign ofsvastika is marked on it. The mother of the child scatters grains of rice over it. The child is brought by a nurse, and the ceremony ends when the father makes the child look at the sun with the sound of theconch-shell and the chanting ofVedic hymns.[1] According to theManusmriti (II.34), in the fourth month after birth, theNishkramana of the child should be performed.[2] According to theYamasmriti, quoted inViramitrodaya, a child should see the sun in the third month and the moon in the fourth month after birth.[1]
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