Ekadasi dates for North Eastern America

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Dear Krishna bhaktas:

 

There were some discussion on determining ekAdasi dates for people here in

North America. Here is some analysis on determining thithis for North

America.

 

In determining thithi, we have to consider the following:

 

1. Local co-ordinates. That is both logtitude and lattitude must be taken

into account. Taking the time difference alone from India will not work as

in that we are compensating only for the longtitude, not lattitude.

 

2. Local sun rise time. Sun rise times vary significantly from season to

season as you go up north.

 

3. Correction for day light saving time.

 

I also have an astrology software that can determine thithi for the local

co-ordinate (with all the corrections pointed above). Several temples in

North America publish thithi dates. The NY Flushing temple calendar gives

accurate thithi begining and ending times. I checked several thithis with

the software at randomn and it gave a good fit. Here are the ekAdasi

fasting dates for North eastern America after consulting the NY temple

calender and the guidelines as per KrishnAmrutha maharnva (dasami should

end atleast 1.5 hrs before sunrise on the fasting day).

 

Note: The temple ekAdasi thithi nirnaya appears to be based on smArtha

sampradhAya. However, I determined fasting dates based on thithi begining

and ending times for our sampradhAya.

 

June 10, Thursday

June 24, Thursday

July 9, Friday

July 23, Friday

Aug. 7, Saturday

Aug. 22, Sunday

Sep. 5, Sunday

Sep. 21, Tuesday (Sravana ekAdasi)

Oct. 5Tuesday

Oct. 20, Wednesday

Nov. 3, Wednesday

Nov. 19, Friday

Dec. 3, Friday

Dec. 18, Saturday (Vaikuntha ekAdasi)

 

Hare' Srinivasa

 

GV Srinivasan