[Advaita-l] Vijayadashami Date 2013

[Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan]

Excellent - thanks Anand. Thanks also to Ajit

Rama


On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Anand Hudli <anandhudli at hotmail.com>wrote:

> The VijayAdashami is celebrated usually when the dashamI prevails in the
> aparANha kAla, i.e. the afternoon. Technically, the aparANha kAla is the
> third part of the day (excluding the night), when we divide the daylight
> hours by 3. In the simple case where daylight exists for 12 hours and
> assuming a sunrise at 6 AM (local time), the first part of 4 hours (12
> divided by 3), i.e. from 6 AM to 10 AM is prAtaH kAla, the next 4 hours,
> i.e. from 10 AM to 2 PM is madhyAnha kAla, and the aparANha kAla is from 2
> PM to 6 PM.
>
> Since the dashamI starts on the Oct 13th at 3:48 AM EDT and ends at 1:46 AM
> EDT on the 14th, there is no doubt the VijayAdashamI feast falls on the
> 13th.
>
> Even in places like Bangalore, India the VijayA dashamI is to be celebrated
> on the 13th for the same reason, and also due to the presence of the
> shravaNa nakShatra. Interested members may consult the dharma sindhu,
> pariccheda 2.
>
> Anand
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