Ramnavami

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Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

> In our calendar it's written that fast should be observed until sun set

> for Rama navami. We used before to fast until 12 o'clock and after that

> has festival. Sri Ramacandra has appeared in Surya dynasty at noon, so we

> had festival in that time. What is correct timing for braking fast?

 

Here is answer from Srila Prabhupada, 1971 and 1977.

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One must perform sacrifices as prescribed in the sastras, and they must give

in charity their hard-earned money for Krsna's cause. That is called dana.

Yajna, dana, and tapasya. Tapasya. Just like tomorrow is Sri Rama-navami.

The tapasya will be that all the devotees will observe fasting from morning

till evening. This is called tapasya. Just like Ekadasi day -- there is no

eating sumptuously. Simply you take little fruits and flowers. Try to avoid

that also. You don't take even water. That is really ekadasi. But because we

cannot do it -- in the Kali-yuga the time is different -- therefore we are

allowed to take little fruit and milk, which is called anukalpa. These are

different methods of tapasya.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Pandal Lecture -- Bombay, April 7, 1971

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Prabhupada: Rama-navami is upavasa up till the... Go to observe fasting up

to the evening.

Tamala Krsna: So moon.

Prabhupada: Sunset.

Tamala Krsna: Sunset, moonrise.

Prabhupada: Authorized.

Tamala Krsna: Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Ramacandra, and Nrsimhadeva also?

Those three.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Room Conversation -- March 26, 1977, Bombay

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I hope this answers your question clearly. Sunset it is.

 

your servant Giri-nayaka das