Krishna Jayanthi

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Dear Sri Rangarajan and Fellow Members of

the Bhakthi group :

 

August 25 , KrishNa paksham Ashtami with 47.49

nAzhigai of Ashtami is the chosen date for

the celebration of Sri jayanthi by Munithrayam

SampradhAyam and by extension , if I am correct

( Mr.Sundararajan of Tennesse can comment on this)

for the Srirangam Koil PaancharAthram tradition .

Nakshathram is Kritthigai ( 28.7)on August 25 .

 

Tuesday , August 26 with restof the ashtami and

with Navami for 45.54 nAzhigais is the elected

day for the celebration of Sri jayanthi by

AhObila Matam and probably by VaighAnasa agamA

observant temples such as ThiruviNNagar ( Oppiliappan

Koil ) . The reason is that the birth of Sri krishNA

is around midnight and therefore the very end of

Ashtami , when RohiNI star is dominant ( 27.41 )

is in ascendance .

 

Sri Jayanthi is associated with the combination

of RohiNI constellation with KrishNa paksha Ashtami.

Hence I am comfortable with the celebration on Aug 26 .

Further , there should not be even a second of Sapthami

on the day of Sri Jayanthi .If suddhAshtami is not

possible , One should celebrate Sri Jayanthi on

Navami day with Suddha RohiNi . If that is not possible ,

then the dasami day with Mrugaseersha Nakshathram

is the next choice among dates .

 

The tradition of great souls is that to fast on

this day , perform Visesha AarAdhanam with special

sankalpam during the vrushabha lagnam at night and

at the end of the aarAdhana uthsavam brak fast .

It is the only time , when night paarayaNai is

permitted . For those , who can not observe such

a rigor , the partaking of food after chandrOdhayam is

recommended .Isvara Samhithai is the source of this

ruling .

 

There are similar prescribtions for the determination

of date for SravaNa dvAdasi and Sri Rama Navami .

 

Sri Rama navami is celebratd in the chaithra Maasam ,

Navami and Punarvasu Nakshathram .Chaithram follows

the chAndra Maasa tradition . Therefore , sukla Paksha

navami has to be taken as the date for Sri RamA jayanthi .

Chaithra Maasam in the chAdrAyana tradition may come

in panguni ( Meena Maasam ) or Chitthirai ( Mesha maasam ) .

The key clue is the chaithra Suddha Navami according to

Prapanna Jayanthi NirNayaM .During Kadaka Lagnam on

Chaithra Suddha Navami , aarAdhanai with special

sankalpam should be performed and the paaraNai

shuld be completed thereafter .

 

Another point to bear in mind regarding KrishNa and

Raama Jayanthi is that these two Jayanthis are celebrated

on the basis of Nakshathram , where as the other

Jayanthis such as Matsya, Koorma et al are fixed

on the basis of thithis .

 

Sri Narasimha Jayanthi is to be celebrated on

VaikAsi maasam Sukla Paksha Chathurdhasi and

the Visesha aarAdahanam for BhagavAn is performed

during PradhOsham ( before surYasthamanam ) . SandhyA

worship follows thereafter . Srirangam , Kaanchi

and other paancharAthrAlayams observe it on

SowramAna path and elsewhere in chAndramAna tradition .

 

The tradition set by every achArya tradition is to

be followed in general .

 

V.Sadagopan

..

 

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DATE: 8/17/97 7:35 PM

 

RE: Krishna Jayanthi

 

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prangara (Parimala Rangarajan Ranga 61-8-899 96674)

Krishna Jayanthi

Mon, 18 Aug 1997 08:48:21 -0600 (CST)

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Dear Bhakthas,

 

A Calendar was put in this newsgroup a few months ago for this year.

 

According to this, Krishna Jayanthi is on 25 and 26 August. Can someone

clarify when Pancharathra Koil Janmashtami is? Also can someone tell us

all about how to calculate such dates like Rama Navami, Krishna Jayanthi,

Deepavali etc?

 

Rangarajan