Guest guest Posted August 22, 2000 Report Share Posted August 22, 2000 Dear Krishnabaktas: Here is the details of thithi and nakshatra timings for north america (New York coordinates): srAvana mAsa, krishna paksha astami thithi starts: 22nd Tuesday 3:34 AM Rohini nakshatra starts: 22nd Tuesday 9:37 PM astami thithi ends: 23rd Wednesday 2:02 AM Rohini nakshatra ends: 23rd Wednesday 8:27 PM argya time: Earliest argya time is 9:37 PM on Tuesday (start of Rohini when astami is still present), latest is by midnight Full fasting on Tuesday Ending the fast: As per sadAchAra vinodha (madhwA's work written by Sri PrabanjanAchArya and translated into by Jyothi Raghavendra Rao, SMSO Publication): "If it is KrishnAstami, one has to break the fast the next day when the astami thithi has passed. If it is Krishnajayathi (when astami thithi and Rohini start combine), the fast has to be broken the next day when both thithi and star passed." Sri Murthy Navaratna had made postings on jayathi nirnaya in the dvaita list in Sep. 1996 For details, please refer to his posting at: http://www.dvaita.org/list/list_04/msg00032.html with greetings on the occasion of Sri Krsihna jayathi, GV Srinivasan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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