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
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