In California - satya narayana vratam 15th or 16th ?

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Dear Narasimha P.V.R. Rao and others,

 

I do not have much knowledge of the auspicious days.

Kindly let me know when to perform the vratam in

California ? When to perform the vratam and when to

take the prasadam? Can one do it alone? If so what can

one do to perform the vratam? Kindly illuminate.

Thank you,

Sel

 

--- "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr wrote:

> Namaste all,

>

> I am sending this mail in case somebody else decided

> to do Satya Narayana

> vratam at the same time after seeing my mail.

>

> I later noticed that there is a total lunar eclipse

> from 9:05 pm in Boston.

> Performing the vratam and eating the prasad during

> eclipse is not

> recommended by Sastras. So, if anybody else is

> thinking of doing this vratam

> this month, it will be better to time it before the

> eclipse. In my case, the

> vratam will start at 6 pm and end by 8:30 pm.

>

> May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> Narasimha

>

> PS: Jagannatha Hora 5.0 can be used to find the

> lunar and solar eclipses for

> your city. It gives the start and end times of

> various phases in the

> eclipses (e.g. penumbral eclipse phase, partial

> eclipse phase, total eclipse

> phase etc). Go to

> http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/jhora to see the

> complete

> list of features.

>

> -

> "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr

> "pals" <pals

> Cc: <vedic astrology>

> Monday, May 12, 2003 12:23 AM

> Re: Full moon day, satya narayana vratam

> 15th or 16th ?

>

>

> > Dear Palanivelu,

> >

> > In India, Pournima starts at 12:51 pm on 15th and

> ends at 9:06 am on 16th.

> > So the civil day corresponding to 15th (i.e. from

> the sunrise of 15th to

> the

> > sunrise of 16th) is considered Chaturdasi (because

> Chaturdasi runs at

> > sunrise on 15th) and 16th is considered Pornima

> (because Pournima runs at

> > sunrise on 16th). That is what your calendar

> shows.

> >

> > In Boston, however, Pournima starts at 3:21 am

> (early in the morning,

> before

> > sunrise) on 15th and ends at 11:36 pm on 15th. So

> the civil day

> > corresponding to 15th is considered Pournima

> (because Pournima runs at

> > sunrise on 15th, when the civil day commences).

> Because Krishna Pratipat

> > (Padyami) starts at 11:36 pm on 15th, it will be

> running at sunrise on

> 16th.

> > So 16th (civil day) will be considered Krishna

> Pratipat.

> >

> > In any case, I do Satya Narayana vratam at night

> *during* Pournima *tithi*

> > (i.e. not necessarily on the civil day that has

> Pournima at sunrise). If

> > Pournima starts at 5 pm on 15th and ends at 4 pm

> on 16th, people will

> > consider 15th to be Sukla Chaturdasi and 16th to

> be Pournima. But, if I do

> > vratam on the night of 16th, Moon would be waning.

> Whether the civil day

> is

> > considered Pournima or not does not matter much to

> me. At the time I do

> the

> > vratam, I want Moon and Sun to be almost in

> Samasaptaka and Moon to be

> > behind Sun's longitude (i.e. almost Full waxing

> Moon). So I do the vratam

> on

> > 15th night itself in such a case. My criteria are

> two: (1) Pournima tithi

> > should be running during the vratam (i.e. Moon -

> Sun should be between 168

> > and 180 degrees) and (2) It should be night then.

> The third criterion of

> the

> > civil day being labeled as a Pournima (based on

> whether Pournima was

> running

> > at sunrise or not) is optional to me (but it is

> satisfied this time

> anyway).

> > Some people may disagree with my approach, but it

> does not matter in the

> > case of this particular month.

> >

> > Especially this month, we are going to perform the

> vratam towards the end

> of

> > Pournima, when Moon is almost full. So it is even

> more auspicious.

> Moreover,

> > Satya Narayana vratam is recommended particularly

> on the Full Moons of

> > Vaisakha, Kartika and Magha months. This is

> Vaisakha month. So 15th night

> > (at Boston) is a very very auspicious time for

> praying to Satya Narayana.

> >

> > May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> > Narasimha

> >

> > PS: I am cc'ing it to the list, so that anyone

> else having the same doubt

> is

> > answered.

> >

> > PPS: We will have our monthly Full Moon ritual of

> Satya Narayana vratam on

> > 15th May 2003 during 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm at our

> house in South Grafton,

> > Mass, USA. All are welcome to attend and have the

> prasad for dinner. If

> you

> > want to come, please let us know so we can plan

> and also I can send you

> > directions. Please send a private mail to

> pvr.

> >

> > -

> > "pals" <pals

> > <pvr

> > Sunday, May 11, 2003 10:15 PM

> > Full moon day, satya narayana vratam 15th

> or 16th ?

> >

> >

> > > Om Namah Shivaya

> > >

> > > Dear Narasimha,

> > >

> > > Greetings!. I was looking at a Tamil panchaanga.

> It mentions, Pournimai

> > > is on

> > > 16th of this month. You had mentioned in your

> original mail, as the

> > > vratam is

> > > observed on 15th night. I believe there will be

> a reason behind your

> > > timing.

> > > Please correct my understanding.

> > >

> > > Thank you,

> > >

> > > Best wishes & regards,

> > > with your blessings,

> > > Shisya, Palanivelu

> > >

> > > (palsdevi)

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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