[Advaita-l] DATE FOR SRI RAMA NAVAMI

[K Anand]

----- Original Message -----
From: Ajit Krishnan <ajit at mudgala.com>
To: 'A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta'
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Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 1:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Advaita-l] DATE FOR SRI RAMA NAVAMI


> Dear Jaldhar,
>
> I only know a little about festival calculation, and it is certainly
> possible that I am wrong. I have a Sanskrit document which may shed a
little
> light on this discussion. Unfortunately, I can't read Sanskrit yet. If you
> have a few minutes, could you please translate the following document?
>
> http://www.mudgala.com/rama-navami.pdf
>
> ajit
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org [mailto:advaita-l-
> > bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org] On Behalf Of Jaldhar H. Vyas
> > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:18 PM
> > To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta
> > Subject: RE: [Advaita-l] DATE FOR SRI RAMA NAVAMI
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Ajit Krishnan wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > There are two general schools of thought regarding the celebration of
> > tithi
> > > based festivals. Some choose the vedic day when a particular tithi
> > occurs at
> > > the time of observance, while others choose the vedic day when the
tithi
> > > occurs at sunrise. I have been taught to use the tithi at the time of
> > > observance.
> > >
> > > Based on my limited observations, smarthas seem to prefer the tithi at
> > the
> > > time of observance, while dvaitin-vaishnavas seem to prefer the tithi
at
> > the
> > > time of sunrise.
> > >
> >
> > Is a matter of sampradaya and not say a regional difference?  Because
the
> > Gujarati mandirs around here all chose the 30th regardless of
affiliation.
> > True, some of them might not have known the niceties of panchang
> > calculation but others have knowlegable Pujaris who I would expect to
know
> > such things.
> >
> > --
> > Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
> > It's a girl! See the pictures - http://www.braincells.com/shailaja/
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