kArtikai deepam.

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Seshakamal,

 

Your query :

 

<<I need to know when Vishnu Deepam is this year, we <<have to do our Aanai

Pandigai...I know it's supposed <<to come on Kartikai maasam Krithika

nakshtram...>>

 

As per SRIRANGAM kOyil vAkya-panchAngam of the

current 'vikrama-samvatsaram', the tiru-k-kArtikai

pAncha-rAtra-deepam occurs on December 11 2000 (Monday),

corresponding to the kArtika-pUrNimA.

 

The tiru-nakshatram of tiru-p-pAN AzhvAr also falls on this day.

The tiru-nakshatram of tiru-mangai-mannan and nampiLLai

occur the day previous.

 

This is the precious day on which namperumAL Sriranga-

azhakia-maNavALan issues the directions ~~ read out aloud and in ceremony,

as the Lord is seated under the pearl-canopy (muttu-p-pandal) of

Sundara-pANDiyan ~~ to nammAzhvAr to repair to Srirangam to attend the

'tiru-adhyayana-utsavam' which was started by tiru-mangai-AzhvAr. After the

Lord's message is read out, the Lord returns to his AsthAnam in

'tiru-k-kaittalam', on the arms of the 'archaka'. The palm-leaf epistle

("pattOlai") is delivered to Sri kOyil kandADai aNNan who carries it devoutly

to the sannidhi of nammAzhvAr where drops of nal-eNNai (sesamum oil) are

given to the assembled devotees, symbolically recalling the despatch of

travel and camping amenities from Srirangam to the AzhvAr's band

("parijanam") gearing to proceed to Srirangam for the 'tiru-adhyayana'

festival.

 

The kArtika-poorNimA is also significant as the birth-day of Guru Nanak Dev.

 

As per the Srirangam almanac, the month of vRSchikam

(= kArtikai) commences November 16, when earthen lamps

are lit and repeated through the month. The padma purANam celebrates this

month thus ~~

 

Agatah kArtikO mAsah janAnAm chitta-ranjakah,

yasmin deepAh pradeeyantE nArAyaNa-parAyaNaih.

 

(Lo, the month of kArtik is here, the one which gladdens

people's minds ! The devotees of nArAyaNa light lamps

of celebration in this month !)

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsan,

tirumanjanam Sundara Rajan.

 

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Thu, 09 Nov 2000 07:14:49 -0500

Kamala <bharadwaja

Panchangam

 

Hi... my name is Seshakamal.. and I have a question about this year's

panchangam. I'm from Mysore.... so our family follows the panchangam from

Sampath Krishna Jyotisha... however.. he has made many mistakes in the

printing.. it was not proof read before the final copy.. so I'm missing

dates....... in my panchangam, navaratri came really early.... I need to

know when Vishnu Deepam is this year, we have to do our Aanai Pandigai...I

know it's supposed to come on Kartikai maasam Krithika nakshtram... the

panchangam that I have has not outlined it clearly and I don't know the

date...... Can some one help. I'm a tengalai Hebbar Iyengar living in

Montreal Canada..... you can send responses back to the list or to me

directly.

Thanks...

 

Sri Aandaal Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

Seshakamal

[Guest guest]

I'd like to thank every one's feed back..... I really appreciate it... it's

hard when the panchangam gets printed wrong... i follow every padhyathi of

our family strictly... so a good panchangam is useful... I thank you again.

Seshakamal