Guest guest Posted March 27, 2002 Report Share Posted March 27, 2002 namaH shivAbhyAm Tomorrow (Thursday March 28th 2002) is the auspicious paN^guNi uttiram. It occurs during the miina maasa (tamil paN^guni) when the naxatra is uttira phalguni. This day is also known as kalyaaNa vratam. You can find more details on how to observe it, etc. on the shaivam page. On a side note, this brings an interesting connection between sauramaana calendar (widely followed in Tamil Nadu) and chandramaana calendar. The chandramaana month "phaalguna" is so named because during paurnami the naxatara is uttira phalguni. Similarly maagha maasam has magha naxatara during paurnami, and paushya maasa has puushyami naxatra. This is interestingly celebrated in the Tamil tradition as "thai puusham", "maasi magham", "panguni uttiram" and so on. Ravi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 , "miinalochanii" <miinalochanii> wrote: > namaH shivAbhyAm > > Tomorrow (Thursday March 28th 2002) is the auspicious paN^guNi > uttiram. It occurs during the miina maasa (tamil paN^guni) when the > naxatra is uttira phalguni. This day is also known as kalyaaNa > vratam. You can find more details on how to observe it, etc. on the > shaivam page. The date I quoted is correct only for countries such as India. For the US, it was on 27th. Probably, the specific guideline on how to arrive at the date should be available in the purana which discusses this. I looked for a general guideline (since I did not know the specific). VaidyanAtha diixitiyam says this under the section called panchadashi (for paurnami and amaavasya) nirNayam. If the event is based on the naxatra instead of the tithi -- then things like snAna and dAna is determined based on udaya vyApti, and vrata-s etc. are observed based on astamana or nishi vyApti-s. I guess (probably) that is the reason why even though on 28th (at New York) uttara phalguni naxatra was there till 7:00+ am (I think after sunrise) -- New York temple panchangam has panguni uttiram on 27th. Any comments/corrections? TIA. Ravi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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