Fwd: Achievements of our Vedic-Hindu sage scientists/Makara Sankranti

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hinducivilization , " aareni " <aareni wrote:

 

Kaul is 100% correct on this point. I have also pointed out this in

my other posts. The fact that Vedic Uttarayana was equated with

Makara Sankranti and then the method of fixing Makara sankranti got

muddled up is no higher mathematics or Theory of Relativity.

Evidences are there for every Hindu to see. I had heard that Sangha

Parivar had decided to observe Sankranti on 22 December. I don't know

whether this info is correct or not. If yes, then GREAT otherwise

well phu! phu!

High time the so called Dharmacharya Sabha discusses this openly and

adjudicate whether taking bath in Ganga and doing TarpaNam on a day

other than the correct Udagayana is Dharmic or not. They should also

interpret the modern Dharma Shastra books which talk of TarpaNam at

the four sankrantis (Mesha, Tula, Karka, Makara) correctly as per the

ancient Vedic texts. The above four sankramanas are the four corners

of Hindu religious observances of all castes and sects. Many

festivals have also originated based on their positions. Observing

Uttarayana on the wrong day (I am not talking of the time) is as

wrong as observing Amaavaasya on Chaturthi! Of course no one does

this mistake, simply because it is easy to see whether moon is

visible or not (at least approximately). Uttarayana was also fixed by

observations in the Vedic past [see the Mahavrata, Pravargya and the

21 day rituals] and NOT BY CONSULTING AN ASTROLOGER'S WRONG PANCANGA.

I would be greatly satisfied if some one from the Dharmacharya Sabha

headed by Sri SWami Dayananda Sarasvati (whom I hold in great regard)

refutes me and convinces me that the present Makara Sankranti of

January 14th is the real Vedic Udagayana, same as the one that

Krishna mentions in the Bhagavadgita.

 

RN Iyengar

 

hinducivilization , " Avtar Krishen Kaul "

<jyotirved@> wrote:

>>

> Just one example will suffice:

> Pongal--cum-Makar-Sankranti is supposed to be a seasonal festival.

> But if Pongal is clubbed with Lahiri Makar Sankrnati, as is being

> done by " Vedic astrologers " , it means it has been going on

advancing

> by one day every 72 years. Thus it must have coincided with

> Uttarayana viz. the Winter Solstice in 285 AD---the zero year of

> Lahiriwalas!

> Prior to that, say in about 1400 BCE, the period of the Vedanga

> Jyotisha, Lahiri-Pongal-cum-Lahiri-Makar-Sankranti was about twenty-

> four days (at the rate of one day for every seventy-two years for

> 1400+285=1685 years) before Uttarayana i.e. around the beginning of

> November in 1400 BCE as per the Julian calendar, if there could be

> any such calendar then!

> It means that Pongal would have been then exactly 24 days prior to

> the real Uttarayana as it is ahead these days! What type of a

> seasonal festival is it then?

>

 

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