RE: [vms-philosophy] Krishna Jayanthi fast?

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Sri KrishnAshtami or Sri Krishna

Jayanthi is mandatory to fast nirjala (no food or drink whole day).

 

 

People who follow SauramAna calendar

will give importance to month of Simha rasi or VIRGO (Krishnapaksha Ashtami)

whereas people who follow Chandramana calendar will give importance to Shravana

maasa, Krishnapaksha, Ashtami for Sri Krishna Jayanthi/AshThami fasting.

 

 

Some years, month of Simha

or VIRGO will come during shrAvana mAsa & some years the month of Simha or

VIRGO will come during Bhadrapada mAsa. But for both Souramana calendar followers

and Chandramana calendar followers, Krishnapaksha Ashtami remains the

same.

 

KrishnAstami or Krishna Jayanthi

will come either in the Chandramana month of Shravana mAsa or Bhadrapada mAsa for

sure or in Souramana month of Kataka rashi (LEO) ~July 24th

to August 23rd or Simha rasi (VIRGO) ~August 24rd to Sept

23th) for sure. Krishna Jayanthi will come when Rohini nakshatra falls on

Krishnapaksha Ashtami during Moonrise in those months mentioned.

 

Udupi AsThamatha follows

Souramana calendar hence they fast on Krishnajayanthi which falls on month of

Simha rasi (VIRGO), Krishnapaksha Ashtami whereas other Mathas such

as Sri Raghavendra Matha, Sri Vyasaraja Matha, Sri Uttaradi Mathas follow

Chandramana calendar hence Krishnaastami falls on Shravana mAsa Krishnapaksha

Ashtami which was last month.

 

Please check for other details regarding

Sri KrishnAshtami/Sri KrishnA Jayanthi vrata previous postings from VMS.

 

In USA, Ashtami starts

after 11am, Friday, September 11th, Rohini nakshtra starts only on Thursday

early morning after 1 am. Since we don’t have (Rohini nakshatra/AsThami)

on the same day, this year, we had Sri Krishna Asthami last month 13th.

(Shravana Krishnapaksha AsThami).

 

Since Udupi Mathas follow

Souramana calendar, they do Sri Krishna Jayanthi which falls Souramana

month of Simha (VIRGO), Krishnapaksha AsThami hence they follow Sri Krishna

Jayanthi on September 11th this year.

 

haraye namaH,

 

Shobha Srinivasan

 

 

 

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[vms-philosophy ] On Behalf Of Sandeep Bhavsar

Tuesday, September 01, 2009 5:14 PM

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[vms-philosophy] Krishna Jayanthi fast?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Namaskar ,

 

1. For those who observe Krishnasthami fast , is it optional to fast on Krishna

Jayanthi or is it mandatory?

2. Why does it fall on separate dates , a month apart .

 

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Sandeep Bhavsar