Sri: Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane nama: Sri Lakshminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: This time Ekadasi vradam for cities in continental USA falls on different days. The vradam must be observed on Monday April 8th for most of the cities east of Mississippi, and on Sunday April 7th for most of the cities west of the river. This is due to the fact Ekadasi begins close to the sun rise. We need to be careful with the computations due to the change in time this Sunday from Standard time to Daylight savings time. The following summary of the computations is based on sudda vAkya panjangam and the nirnayam rules given in the "Kelvi-bathil" boom by Sri Melpakkam Narasimhachariyar Swami published by Sri Visihtadvaita Research Centre. Start and end of Ekadasi ------------------------- Ekadasi Dwadasi Dwadasi begins begins ends (Apr. 7) (Apr. 8) (Apr. 9) ----------------------------------------------- India 4:24 pm 5:57 pm 7:48 pm US Eastern 6:54 am 8:27 am 10:18 am US Central 5:54 am 7:27 am 9:18 am US Mountain 4:54 am 6:27 am 8:18 am US Pacific 3:54 am 5:27 am 7:18 am ----------------------------------------------- Ekadasi must be present 1 hour 36 minutes (4 nA) before sunrise to observe vradam. Sunrise Ekadasi Observe City Sunrise minus 4 nA begins vradam -------------------------------------------------------------- NY/NJ 6:29 am 4:53 am 6:54 am Next day, (Apr. 8) Chicago 6:24 am 4:48 am 5:54 am Next day, (Apr. 8) Houston 7:04 am 5:28 am 5:54 am Next day, (Apr. 8) Denver 6:35 am 4:59 am 4:54 am Same day, (Apr. 7) San Diego 6:29 am 4:53 am 3:54 am Same day, (Apr. 7) San Jose 6:44 am 5:08 am 3:54 am Same day, (Apr. 7) -------------------------------------------------------------- For exact Dwadasi paranai time and for more detailed information for your particular city visit: http://www.ahobilamutt.org/ekcalc/ekCalc-01.asp You may look up the sunrise time for your location at: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html (Please add 1 hour for daylight savings time) -- adiyEn ramanuja dasan srimad azhagiya singar thiruvadi
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