IN THIS FIRST YEAR OF THE MILLENIUM , ACHAARYA RAAMAANUJAA'S

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Dear Dr.Sheela Belur :

 

Your question is a good one. We go thru this

prblem in determination of the selection of the day

for a Thirunakshathram in North America versus

India . Often , the festival day is earlier

in North America than in India.

 

The case in point is Sri RaamAnuja Jayanthi .

In India , it is Monday , May 8 .Sri Ahobila

matam observes the Jayanthi at ThirunArAyaNapuram

on May 8. For us, it is May 7 , if one wishes

to look at it from the thithi at the place of

obsevance. The assumption is that the Thithi is

a geo-centric phenomenon.It happens that in North

America , Chitthirai ThiruvAdhirai is on a sukla

Paksha chathurthi thithi and in India , it is a day

later on panchami thithi .Last year, Sri RaamAnuja Jayanthi

fell on Sukla Paksha shashti thithi.

These confusions arise form thithi sphuta

(thithi duration ) issues a tthe PLACE OF

OBSERVANCE. Sri mani varadarAjan has written

about this earlier.

 

My own position is tht AchArya RaamAnujA

is to be saluted everyday and hence celebration for

two consecutive days is just fimne. from the PanchAngam

point of view however, the Thithi sphutam determinations

suggest that May 7 is the day for the celebration

of Sri RaamAnuja Jayanthi in Americas and May 8 is the day

for celebrations in India . It is also the day of

ApuLLAr's Thirunakshathram .

 

V.Sadagopan

 

 

At 06:06 AM 4/28/00 -0700, you wrote:

>IN THIS FIRST YEAR OF THE MILLENIUM , ACHAARYA RAAMAANUJAA'S

>BIRTHDAY FALLS ON SUNDAY , MAY 7.

>Is'nt it on May 8 th Monday?

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[Guest guest]

Sri. Sadagopan and all:

 

The Hindu temple in Flushing, Queens, NY had published calendar and panchangam

adjusted for New York's time. In that Sri. Ramanuja Jayanthi is listed on

Sunday, May 7th. The calendar and panchangam are written for New York, USA.

These can be purchased from the temple.

 

But most of the temple calenders published in USA are as per Indian Panchangam.

They are not accurate in the USA.

 

dAsan.

 

govindarajan