Important festivals, Aradhane & fasting dates for year 2004

January 1, 2004

Hari Sarvottama, Vayu Jeevothama

Madhwa parampara gurugalu shlokas below & their aaradhane dates for the year 2004 are given in the attached excel sheet.

nArAyaNAyAya paripURNa guNARNavAya

vishvOdhaya sThithi layO niyathi pradhAya

jJnyAna pradhAya vibhudhAsura soukhya dhu:kha

sathkAraNAya vithathAya namO namasthe ||

praThamO hanuman nAma dhvithIyO bhIma Eva cha |pUrNapraj~Jas thRithIyasthu Bagavath kAryasADhakah ||brahmaantaa guravaH sAkShAt iShTaM daivam shriyaH patiH |AchAryAH shrImad AchAryAH santu me janma janmani ||abhramam bhaN^ga rahitam ajadam vimalaM sadhA |Anandatiirtham atulam bhaje tApatrayApaham ||

miThyAsidhDhAmthadhurDhvAmtha viDhvamsanavichakShaNah |

jayathIrThAkhyatharaNirbhAsathAm no hRudhambarE ||

chitraiH padaishcha gambhIraiH vAkyaiH mAnairakhaNditaiH |

gurubhaavam vya~njayantI bhaati shrIjayatiirtha vaak ||

kamsadhvamsi padaamboja saMsakto haMsa puN^gavaH |

brahmaNya gururaajaakhyo vartataam mama maanase ||

kAle phalati surudrumaH chintAmaNir api yAchane daataa |vararthi sakalam abhiiShTaM darshana mAtrAt shrIpAdarAjo muniH||

tamvande nR^isimha thiirtha nilayam shrii vyAsarAt pujitam |dhyAyantam manasA nR^isimha charaNam shrI pAdarAjam gurum |

arthikalpita kalpoyam pratyarthi gaja kesarI |vyaasatiirtha gururbhuuyAd asmad iShTaartha siddhaye ||tapovidyA viraktyAdi sadguNauAkarAkanaham |vaadiraaja gurun vande hayagrIva dayAshrayAn ||bhaktAnAM mAnasAm bhoja bhAnave kAmadhenave |namatAM kalpatarave vijayIndra gurave namaha ||bhAvabodha kR^itaM seve raghoottama mahaagurum |yachChiShya shiShya shiShyaadyAH tippaNyaachaarya

pujyAya rAghavendrAya satyadharma ratAya cha |bhajatAm kalpavR^ikShAya namatAm kAmadhenave ||durvAdi dhvAMtaravaye vaiShNavendI varendave |shrI rAghavendra gurave namo atyanta dayAlave ||ApAda mouLi paryaMtaM guruNAM AkR^itiM smaret.h |tena vignAH praNashyaMti siddhyanti cha manorathAH ||

manmanobhIShta varadam sarvAbhIShTha phalapradham |

purandara gurum vande daasa shreShTham dayAnidhim ||

aj~nAna timira chChedam buddhi sampathpradAyakam |

vij~nAna vimalam shAntam vijayAkhya gurum baje ||

bhopAlajata pAdAbjam pApAli harihAriNam |

gopAladAsa mIdeham gopAla haridarshanam ||

jalajeShTha nibhAkAram jagadhishapadhAshrayam ||

jagatitala vikhyAtam jagannAtha gurum bhaje ||

prANa pati padadvaMdva paMkajAsakta mAnasam |

shamAdi guNa saMyuktam shrI prAneshArya gurum bhaje ||

pR^ithvI manDala madhyasthAH puurNa bodha matAnugAH |vaiShNavA viShNu hR^idayAs tAn namasye guruun mama ||

These dates are calucated as PER NEW YORK, NY, USA, EASTERN STANDARD/DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIMEFOR THE YEAR 2004. The coordinates of New York, NYLattitude: 40.43 NLongitutude: 074.01 W

The Hindu Temple Society of North America,45-57 Bowne Street,Flushing, NY 11355Tel: (718)460-8484Fax: (718) 461-8055http://www.nyganeshtemple.org

Key (Attachment enclosed):

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F = Festivals; M= Madhwa sanyasi Aradhane, A= Amavasya, H= Haridasa puNyadina; D = Dasavatara related Jayanthi; P = Poornima; V = Special day for Vayu devaru, G= GrahaNa ; S = Shravana Nakshatra

ECLIPSES :

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According to the Astronimical Almanac for 2004, published jointly by the Nautical Almanac office, US Naval Observatory & H. M. Nautical Almanac office, U.K. Based on these websites below, the ecplise dates are given. http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html & http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/LunarEclipse.html

ChAthurmAsya vrata:

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During Devara puje, no pachcha kalpura, cardomom, lavanga, saffron to be added to theertha.

1st month ChAthurmaasa vrata: - Ashaada mAsa sukla ekadashi to Shraavana sukla Dasami - SHAKA - NO VEGETABLES, no fruits, mustard, red chilles, tumeric, tamarind, methi, coriander, curry leaves, ginger, green chilles, lemon, coconut etc.... . No channa dhal or flour or oil.

During panchamrutha abhisheka, only milk, homemade curds, ghee, sugar, riped Mangoes should be used. NO HONEY.

Items which can be consumed:

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Toor dhal (togari bele) , moong dhal (hesaru bele), Urad dhal, menasu (black pepper), jeera, raw full moong dhal, godhi, rava, maida, yellu (sesame), oil, ghee, sugarcandy, bella, milk, curds, butter, riped or raw mangoes.

2nd month ChAthurmaasa vrata : Sukla Shraavana Ekadashi to SuklaBhAtrapada Dasami DADHI VRATA - NO YOGURT (CURDS)3rd month ChAthurmAsa vrata : BhAtrapada Sukla Ekadashi to AsvijaSukla Dasami - - KSHIRA VRATA - NO MILK4th month ChAthurmAsa vrata : Asvija Sukla Ekadashi to KArthikaSukla Ekadashi : - DVITALA VRATA - VEGETABLES & NO DHALS . No vegetables otherwise mentioned below, no red chilles or chille powder no tamarind, no coriander leavesetc...Items can be consumed for Dvidala vrata:==============================Akki (Rice), Godhi (Wheat), Jeerigre (Jeera), Menasu (black pepper),Ellu(sesame seeds), Bella (jagari), Hasi kobbari, Karibevu (Curry leaves),Cooking banana (baLEkAi), sAmegadde, Spinach, SweetPotato (I am not sure), Goose Berry, cooking banana, maida, rava, curry leaves, tumeric, sesame oil, ghee, milk, curds, sugarcandy, cardomom, sugar, mangoes.

SRI KRISHNA JAYANTHI, GOKULASHTAMI: Shravana Krishna Ashtami (Chandramana) .

saptamyAM laghubhuk.h kuryAddaMtadhAvanapUrvakaM

upavAsya niyamaM rAtrou svastho jitendriyaH

.............. brahmavaivartapuraNa

A little quantity of food should be taken on Saptami (i.e. on the day previous to the day of fasting);

madhwamatha siddhantha paddatiya bidabedi bidabedi

Hunsur Sriprasads

GV Srinivasans

bhAratIramaNamukhyaprANA.ntargata shri kR^iShNArpanamasthu