SrI: Dear SrI Ravisankar: The strength of these lists is the opportunity to learn from each other and develop genuine respect for our traditions . Thanks for the insight in to the UpakarmA timing this year from yet another perspective. V.Sadagopan At 09:14 AM 7/11/03 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Sir: > >I found the solution last night in vaidyanAtha dixitiiyam. According to that >if the shrAvaNa puurNima is doshha yukta then one has to observe in >ashhaaDha puurnima. Even if that is doshha yukta then one can do it on >shraavaNa puurNima and perform appropriate shanti. shaakadhipati for yajur >veda is shukra. He becomes mauDhyam during shrAvaNa puurNima, hence that day >is flawed. If I am not mistaken, shukra is not visible during that time from >earth. That is why kAnchi panchanga asks people to do it on ashhaaDa >puurNima. Again, if I am not mistaken, people are divided on this issue. As >my brother was saying people in nanganallur are doing it on July and >saaligrama are doing it in August :-)). > > >My father is of the opinion that kAnchi panchanga is correct. My father said >that the other option is to do a homa for shukra and do it on shrAvaNa >puurNima itself. > > >Ravi >
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