Surya Grahana & Bheemana Amavasye - variation in Practices and guideines.

July 31, 2008

|| Sri Krishnaya Namaha ||namaskAra, MYP would like to bring out few salient aspects of the practices and guidelines about the rituals to be followed on the auspicious occassion of Solar Eclipse & Bheemana Amavasye on Aug 1st.We have tried to contact various Mutt Authorities & Pandits and made an honest attempt to furnish a consolidated report as below about what needs to be observed on next two days. This is to the best of our knowledge & ability, you are kindly requested to contact your local/affiliated mutts for more accurate information in this regard. While we are not trying to highlight the differences in

practices nor the intention is to confuse our Madhwa Bandhus, we wanted to make sure our people who follow different traditions, know of what they need to do.

Particulars

Sri Vyasaraja Mutt

SRS Mutt

Sri Uttaradi Mutt

Udupi Mutts

Amavasye Thithi

Aug 1st, Friday

Nakshatra

Pushya

Shubha Phala

No info

Vrishabha, Kumbha, Tula, Kanya

No info

Mishra Phala

No info

Mithuna, Meena, Makara, Vrishchika

simha, dhanu, Kumbha

Ashubha Phala

Karkataka

Karkataka, Mesha, Dhanu, Simha

Pushya Ashlesha nakshatra with Karkataka rashi

Sparsha

1335 IST

1634 IST

1632 IST

1643 IST

Madhya

No info

1722 IST

1719 IST

1725 IST

mOksha

1808 IST

1806 IST

sooryAstha

No info

1850 IST (1840 in ENG)

No info

vEdha begins at

No info

Aug 1st, 0602 IST

12 hours before sparsha or Aug 1st, 0000 IST

No info

Dead line for taking food

Aug 1st, 0915 IST

Aug 1st, 1210 IST

Aug 1st, 0000 IST

Aug 1st, 1300 IST

Bheemana Amavasye Festival

Its on Jul 31st, see detailed note below.

It is on Aug 1st, since Amavaysa thithi will not be there on next day.

should be celebrated on the Grahana Day itself afterthe Grahana Moksha.

No info

Additional Notes

Per tradition of SVM, festivals are not performed in the evenings ashastodaka cannot be given to Gurugalu and Yatis (in such exigentsituations like Suryagrahana & Amavaysa). So, all the Vyasaraja Mutt devotees are requested to observe & celebrate Bheemana Amavaysa on JUL 31st, (Thu)in the evening.

Since there will be a 4– 5 minutes of Surya darshana after Grahana, we can perform all the rituals like Shraaddha, taila abyanjana, divasi gowri pooje, bheemana amavasye festival, nava vastra dhAraNa & bhojana.Only Yathigalu & Madi women should not be having bhojana on Friday. For Brindavanas, no hastodaka, only mangalarathi

People who are of Pushya Nakshatra and Karkataka Rashi, have inauspicious / undesired effect and they are requested to do soorya japa, and donate Light, Gold to the best of their abilities.

Amavasye Shraddha to be performed on next day.Grasamana = 28% of Ravi bimba

Source of information

Panchanga- SVSS ®

SRS Mutt Panchanga & Sri Vadirajacharya, Gangavathi

UM Panchanga & Message by Sri Rachuri Acharya

Udupi Sri Poorna Prajna Panchanaga

The above matrix is attached as pdf file for your later usage.

Note: Sri Sripadaraja Mutt would observe the Bheemana Amavasye on Aug 1st, after the moksha kAla. The other parameters are very close to SRS Mutt (courtesy:by Sri Murali HS)

Below are Some of the generic instructions, given by Pt. Nagendra Prasad Acharya, Hyderabad

1) No food for the entire day until Moksha, food to be partaken in the night only.2) People celebrating Bheemana Amavaase to celebrate it in the lateevening (after Moksha) and NOT in the morning time.3) On the morning of 1st August 2008, perform Nirmalya alone (visarjane & abhisheka) followed by Urdhvapundra & Sandhyavandhane. Do not proceed with Devara Pooja. Devara Pooja to be performed after moksha.4) Take bath immediately after 4:33 PM (check) and perform Snana (self) and snana to Saligrama & Mane devara vigraha (if any) - this is called Sparsha Snana - dry wipe.5) Immediately after 6:27 PM (check), perform one more Snana (self) and then snana to Saligram and Vigraha - this is called Moksha Snana.6) After the Snana, wipe the

saligramas and continue with your normal devara pooja and complete it with Naivedya (or Vaishvadeva, Baliharana) as usual.7) Theertha Prasada to be partaken after Naivedya in the late evening.Note: All activities like devara pooja, shrAddha can be performed (after moksha) as there will be Surya visible after the grahana for 4-5 mins.Please send your feedback, identified mistakes and corrections to: harishdrao

We thank all the Acharyas, Pandits, other people who helped us put this information together.

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