Doubts about rAhu kAlam

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SrI:

Dear Sara,

 

Our Sri Anbil Ramaswamy had written the response as below.

Hope this helps

Regards

Namo Narayana

madhavakkannan

 

Dear friend:

 

My take on the subject is as follows:

The day is divided into 5 parts called Abhigamanam,

Upaadaanam, Ijya, Svaadhyaayam and YOga.

Approximately, each period will be around 2 1/2 hours

from the moment of Sunrise.

 

All Pancha- angams called Thithi, Vaara, Nakshatra,

yOga and KaraNa are to be calculated from the moment

of Sunrise at any given place. Thus, if it is Monday

in India, all these Tithi, Vaara, Nakshatra, yOga and

KaraNa for Monday must be calculated on the basis of

Monday in any part of the world.

 

Otherwise, a gross discrepancy will ensue as shown

below:

 

If Sri -Jayanti is celebrated on say at Mid-night of

any day in India, (since Lord KrishNa was born at

Mid-night) people in USA would have to celebrate it on

the same day in USA at Midnight.

 

It would be incongruous for them to observe Srijayanti

at Mid-day (either on the previous or subsequent day)

based on adjustments based on time difference, instead

of at Midnight!

 

Similarly, Nrisimha Jayanti has to be celebrated in

the evening at dusk when Lord Nrisimha appeared from

the pillar. Calculating on the basis of time

difference, people in USA will be ceklebrating it at

dawn instead of at dusk! Obviously, this is not

correct.

 

Also, there are at lerast 5 time zones in the USA. If

it is 6.00 am at California (West Coast), it would be

11.00 am at New York (East Coast). The question arises

when should the respective residents observe the

various observances.

 

To add to the confusion, some areas in USA follow the

Daylight Savings time from April to October and revert

to standard timings from October to April - while

many other states do do not follow this at all !

 

The Rahukaalam commencing at 7.30 am as per Indian

Standard Time (IST) on Mondays in India is based on

the assumption of IST Sunrise is at 6.00 a m. But even

this IST Computation is not correct because there is

actually a difference of about 60 minutes as between

Mumabi on the West and Kolkatta in the East.

 

My answer is that everyone should observe with

reference to the exact time of Sunrise in their

respective locations. This can be verified from the

local Newspapers, Internet, Radio, TV weather channels

etc.

 

Hope this clarifies.

 

Dasoham

 

Anbil Ramaswamy

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Respected members, namaskar...

 

While living in India (Tamil Nadu), I was thaught to observe rAhu kAlam as

follows:

monday - from 7.30 am to 9.00 am

tuesday - from 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm

wednesday - from 12.00 (noon) to 1.30 pm

thursday - from 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm

friday - from 10.30 am to 12.00 (noon)

saturday - from 9.00 am to 10.30 am

sunday - from 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm

 

Now, I have a doubt: is rAhu kAlam always the same in every country or does it

depend on geografic coordinates? If it changes according to the country, what

time shall we observe rahu kalam in Italy? And shall we observe it according to

solar time or to daylight savings time, which has started just few days ago? Can

anybody please clarify?

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Sara

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Anbil Ramaswamy,

thank you very much for your clear reply, I was really confused on the subject,

which seems to be quite complex.

I will follow your advice, trying to calculate the rAhu kAlam day by day,

checking the exact time the sun rises in my area (as far as I can understand, it

will be different every day and it won't be possible to have a fixed schedule,

like the one given in my previous mail...).

 

Kind regards and pranams,

 

Sara