Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 sohamsa , Rajneesh Bajpai <brajneesh> wrote: > > I have a question on Puja Muhurtas in general. Usual > all the festivals have Puja Muhurtas based on Indian > Time. If we take same planetary positions I'll have to > do Deepawali puja during day as I live in California > USA. > I had same dilema for Shri Krishna Janmashtmi. > Please advice. Planetary positions at any given instant are the same for any given point on earth; that's what geocentricity is all about. Muhurthas are windows that begin at sunrise, which automatically means that they vary over the earth's surface. I'm not sure that converting a subha muhurtha for London, England to an equivalent timezone for London, Ontario is the right thing to do. But is this what you wanted cleared up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 sohamsa , Rajneesh Bajpai <brajneesh> wrote: > > Some of the festivals like Shri Krishna Janmashtmi > celebrates the birthday of Shri Krishna. He was born > when Moon was in Rohini Nakshatra (2nd Charan). Now if > we take Moon's position to do Puja in USA i'll have to > do it during the day. > I do not know much about Muhurtas but in general (this > is my understanding) the festivals are celebrated > based on Sun and Moon's position which remains same > across globe. > If Deepawali pooja time is calculated based on > position of Sun and Moon then the pooja should be > performed at same time (which mean different local > time across the globe). > Pardon me if I am totally off the track here. > -rajneesh You'd used 'muhurtha' earlier and I went off the boil too; looks like you're talking of 'tithi', which is a Su-Mo distance function. The nocturnal celebration you mention in janmashtami is largely because Krishna was born circa midnight. Even disregarding Su's position in the zodiac when Krishna was actually born, you'd have to wait too many years to find (a) ashtami tithi and (b) Mo in Rohini Pada 2 on the same damn day :\ I'm nonplussed by your penultimate sentence, because a tithi usually lasts a whole day. hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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