srimate ramanujaya namah Dear Sri Dileepan and other Astikas, Thank you for your clarification. It appears that the calculation supporting the date of September 15 for Pancaratra Sri Jayanti is based on the formulas of the Vakya Panchangam. What's not clear to me is why the Vakya Panchangam is accorded any greater holiness than scientific calculations. As far as I understand, the Vakya Panchangam's basis is not "rishi prokta" but is only the record of the scientific formulae known to the extent possible in the time of their recording, which is in the first few centuries A.D. There were differing panchangams even in those days (in Karnataka it has long been in vogue to present calculations according to both Vakya and Siddhanta conventions, for example). I am more comfortable following what corresponds to the scientific positions of the planets as a basis for dating. Certainly others may be more comfortable in observing based on old formulae, no matter how much they may differ from observed phenomena. (For example, if the Vakya panchangam's formulae were used to observe eclipses, we would totally miss the eclipses, doing tarpanam, mantra japam, aradhanam, etc., at the wrong times, i.e., outside the period of the eclipse! Even the most rigorous Vaidika adjusts based on observed phenomena. I fail to see the logic in not adjusting for other observations as well. Re: when to do aradhanam I feel it makes more sense to do the aradhanam according to when the phenomena occur in one's local time zone. For example, we do snAnam, sandhyA, ijyA, according to the timings appropriate for our locality. Similarly, we should observe Sri Krishna's birth as if it occurred in our local time when the astronomical phenomena are present in the heavens, i.e., during the local vrishabha lagna. This would put Sri Jayanti this year before midnight local time, irrespective of locality. This is my humble opinion based on reading the nirnaya shastras. For example, the time for observing these feasts and fasts is adjusted even in India from city to city, depending on local phenomena -- sunrise, moonrise, lagna, etc. It should be the same across continents. With regards, and in fond anticipation of the sweet memory of Sri Krishna no matter what the locality or the date, adiyen ramanuja dasan Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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