IN THIS FIRST YEAR OF THE MILLENIUM , ACHAARYA RAAMAANUJAA'S BIRTH DAY : MAY 7,2000

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Dear BhakthAs: There was a question about the RaamAnuja

Jayanthi fallin on May 7 or May 8.

 

We go thru this problem often in determination of

the selection of the day for a Thirunakshathram

in North America versus India . Often , the festival

day is earlier in North America than in India.

 

The case in point is Sri RaamAnuja Jayanthi .

In India , it is Monday , May 8 .Sri Ahobila

matam observes the Jayanthi at ThirunArAyaNapuram

on May 8. For us of Sri matam sampradhAyam ,

t is May 7 , if one wishes to look at it strictly

from the thithi at the place of obsevance.

The assumption is that the Thithi is

a geo-centric phenomenon.It happens that in North

America , Chitthirai ThiruvAdhirai is on a sukla

Paksha chathurthi thithi and in India , it is a day

later on panchami thithi .Last year, Sri RaamAnuja Jayanthi

fell on Sukla Paksha shashti thithi.

These confusions arise form thithi sphuta

(thithi duration ) issues a tthe PLACE OF

OBSERVANCE.

 

My own position is tht AchArya RaamAnujA

is to be saluted everyday and hence celebration for

two consecutive days is just fine. from the PanchAngam

point of view however, the Thithi sphutam determinations

suggest that May 7 is the day for the celebration

of Sri RaamAnuja Jayanthi in Americas and May 8 is the day

for celebrations in India . It is also the day of

ApuLLAr's Thirunakshathram .

 

V.Sadagopan