Diwali 2009 M/Laxmi Puja - Which Day in NZ

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Shri A Sharmaji,

Jai Shri Ram!

< Seeking direction, as per current unreformed panchaanga>

This year the " almighty " Lahiri and the actual i.e.

“unreformed” and “reformed” Dipavali are coinciding on

October 17, 2009 for India.

< Which day should Diwali MahaLakshmi Puja be observed in

Auckland NZ for 2009? For those doing only the Puja then enjoying the Utsava. >

 

 

As per Report of the SAHA Calendar Reform Committee,

page 104, Dipavali (Puja) is to be celebrated in Pradosha of Pradosha Vyapini

(Mykhya mana) Asvhina Amavasya. It is known as Kartika Amavasya as per

Gauna-mana, followed in UP, MP, Bihar, Rajasthan etc. etc.

Since the geocentric tithis including Amavasya etc. start/end

at one and the same UT/GMT throughout the world, though technically speaking,

it is against scientific as well as shastriac injunctions because geocentric

phenomena are for an imaginary place inside the bowels of the earth and are

without corrections for parallax for the sun and the moon for the relevant

place, you will have to celebrate it on Sat. October 17 sometime before the

start of Amavasya and can continue it even after 21-48, after Pradosha ends, if

you so desire.

It cannot, however, be celebrated on Sunday, October 18 in

Auckland since the geocentric Amavasya ends there before the Start of

Pradosha on that date. We have to bear in mind that pradosha takes place

every day after sunset for about two hours but the main criterion for Dipavali

is Amavasya+plus pradosha of Ashvina/Kartika Krishna paksha.

Since “Vedic astrologers” can make correct predictions

only from incorrect data, geocentric longitude of the Moon being quite often

plus/minus up to one degree from the topocentric i.e. after corrections for

longitude and latitude of the relevant place, that is why they find the bhukta-bhogya

of dasha etc, yielding correct results from geocentric lunar longitudes since

they are fundamentally baseless and as such wrong! “Vedic

astrologers” also use the same baseless and useless geocentric longitudes

for patri-melapak etc. and no wonder, every couple, after getting the

gunas tallied, “lives happily(?) ever after”.

The common man following these “Vedic astrologers”

blindly like blind following blind also celebrates festivals like

Dipavali as per geocentric phenomena, only because “Vedic astrologers”

advise him to do so!! That is the real proof of tamoguni budhih!

Let us the case of this year’s Dipavali for Auckland,

New Zealand, in your case. The longitude of that place is 174E42 and

latitude 36S52. After necessary parallax corrections, therefore,

the start of Amavasya for Auckland is October 17, 2009 at about 8-28 am UT/GMT,

which makes it 21-28 hrs for Auckland, New Zealand, zonal time. The

topocentric Amavasya ends on October 18, 2009, at about 7-17 am UT/GMT, which

makes it 20 hrs 17 mts. for Auckland, New Zealand Zonal Time.

You can see the difference for yourself! On October

17, topocentric Amavasya for New Zealand starts at 21-28 which is just twenty

minutes before the end of pradosha! On October 18, the Amavasya ends at 19 hrs.

17 minutes ---again before the start of pradosha! As such, you must

actually celebrate Dipavali on October 17 itself even as per Topocentric tithis,

because that is the only day when the real Amavasya and Pradosha are prevailing

simultaneously for Auckland actually!

There is not a difference of more than a few minutes between

geocentric and topocentric starting and ending moments of Amavaya on that date

for Auckland and that is why you can celebrate it without any doubt on October

17, but the same thing cannot be said about other places, where the difference

between geocentric and topocentric longitudes may make a difference of one day

in the celebration of Dipavali etc. festivals.

Jai Sheri Ram!

A K Kaul

 

 

HinduCalendar ,

A Sharma <asharmanz wrote:

>

> Dear HCReform Forum Members,

>

> Seeking direction, as per current unreformed

panchaanga:

>

> Which day should Diwali MahaLakshmi Puja be observed in

Auckland NZ for 2009? For those doing only the Puja then enjoying the Utsava.

>

> Data for consideration:

>

> Sat.17.Oct.2009:

> Sunrise 06:38, Sunset 19:35, Amaavasyaa starts 20:07,

Pradosha ends 21:48.

>

> Sun.17.Oct.2009:

> Sunrise 06:37, Amaavasyaa ends 18:33, Sunset 19:36,

Pradosha ends 21:48.

>

> Pradosha:

> The first 1/5th period from Sunset to Sunrise or a six

ghatee period from Sunset going forward.

>

> Thank you in advance.

>

> ASharma.

>