Calendar error: Caturmasya/Damodara vrata should end on Nov 9 in Indi

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Due to a double Purnima tithi occurring this weekend in India, Malaysia,

Singapore and some other countries in the region, take note that Caturmasya

and Damodara vrata will end only on the second Purnima tithi on Sunday

09NOV2003 (and not a day earlier as printed in ISKCON calendars based on the

vcal program).

 

There are some "bugs" in the vcal program, one of which is that it goes

wrong on the rare occasions when a double Purnima occurs at the end of

Damodara masa.

 

By a bizarre coincidence, a similar double Purnima tithi occurred at the

same juncture last year for some countries including India, and due to the

error generated by the calendar program, some temples in India published the

wrong dates in their calendars and even ended Caturmasya vrata and their

ghee lamp offerings to Lord Damodara one day earlier.

 

Temple presidents should see to it that the mistake is not repeated this

year too in celebrating the Damodara Purnima events. One classical Vedic

Astrological text actually warns of severe repercussions for leaders who

mistime the Damodara Purnima celebration in their area of jurisdiction!

 

This time the Damodara Purnima coincides with a lunar eclipse.

Eclipse precautions will apply for the duration of the timings shown below

(convert to your local time zone).

 

Universal Time (UT): 08NOV2003 22:15 till 09NOV2003 04:22

Indian Standard Time (IST): 09NOV2003 03:45 till 09:52

Malaysia-Singapore Standard Time (MST): 09NOV2003 06:15 till 12:22

 

 

Your servant,

Goloka Candra dasa

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