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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Karwa Chauth 2013 October 21st or October 22nd? in USA/Canada

Are we celebrating our festivals on the right date?

Recently I received many phone calls from many parts of Canada and America about Karwa Chauth with people saying “My relatives in India says Karwa Chauth is on October 22nd 2013, but many temples in the USA celebrate on October 21st 2013”. Why is this? What is correct? I told them if you are living in Pacific Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone and Central Time Zone then the Karwa Chauth for you is on October 21st 2013. But if you live in Eastern Time Zone and places east of the Eastern Time Zone Karwa Chauth will be on October 22nd 2013.

The answer is very simple. Our calendar isn’t married to English dates. The Hindu calendar is more scientific and dependent on factors like the Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Longitude, Latitude, Time Zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time.  Our Indian Date isn’t 24 hours long like western calendar. Our Indian date – Tithi can be between 19 hours to 27 hours.  It is not fixed. This is because our tithi is calculated is the angular distance between the Sun and the Moon. Each 12 degree distance is called tithi. Now planetary orbit is not circular it is elliptic. Hence amount of time it takes to travel each 12 degree block can vary from 19 hours to 27 hours.

Another important thing to remember is the Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana end at the same time all over the world. As they are calculated from the Sun and the Moon. The Sun (Earth + 180 degrees=the Sun) and moon don’t remain at the same place in heaven till that tithi appears in USA/Canada. If that happens then there will be chaos in the world and in the field of astronomy.
Other important factors are Sunrise, Sunset, and Moonrise. Now if the earth was flat then the Sun, the Moon will rise and set at the same time all over the world. But the earth isn’t flat right? Hence places closer to North Pole and South Pole can experience longer days in summer than places closer to equator.
Indian Festival dates are decided on these factors. While 70% festivals are observed when the tithi appears at the sunrise time – remaining festivals are decided when the tithi appears or exists at the particular time of the day for example Lord Krishna was born during the midnight hence Janmasthami is observed when Shravana Krishna Asthami appears or exists during the midnight. Likewise the Karwa Chauth and Sankathara Chaturthi is observed when the chaturthi tithi appears / exists during the moonrise time. If Chaturthi appears or exists at moon rise on both the days, consider the first day as Karwa Chauth. If Chaturthi appears at moon rise on a day and does not appear at moon rise the next day, then take the first day as Karwa Chauth. If Chaturthi does not appear or exist at moon rise on any day then take the second day as Karwa Chauth.

I am providing an example of this calculation as per Vancouver BC Canada and New Delhi India.

Vancouver BC
October 21st 2013
Sunrise: 07:44:47
Sunset: 18:08:28
Moonrise: 19:53:00
Chandramasa: Aashvayuja
Paksha: Krishna Paksha
T: Tritiiya 18:36:26

October 22nd 2013
Sunrise: 07:46:22
Sunset: 18:06:35
Moonrise: 20:38:04
Chandramasa: Aashvayuja
Paksha: Krishna Paksha
T: Chaturthi 20:21:56


New Delhi India
October 21st 2013
Sunrise: 06:26:39
Sunset: 17:44:37
Moonrise: 19:28:02
Chandramasa: Aashvayuja
Paksha: Krishna Paksha
T: Tritiiya full night

October 22nd 2013
Sunrise: 06:27:17
Sunset: 17:43:40
Moonrise: 20:14:22
Chandramasa: Aashvayuja
Paksha: Krishna Paksha
T: Tritiiya 07:06:26

You will notice that in Vancouver BC on October 21st Tritiya ends at 18:36:26 and right after that Chaturthi tithi starts and prevails till next day 20:21:56 PM. Now the moonrise in Vancouver on October 21st is at 19:53 PM which is definitely way after Tritiya has ended and at the time of the Moonrise Chaturthi Tithi prevails. Whereas on October 22nd Moonrise occurs at 20:38:04 and Chaturthi has ended before the moonrise in Vancouver at 20:21:56 and hence Karwa Chauth didn’t exist during the moonrise of October 22nd.
As far as New Delhi India is concerned The Tritiya tithi ends at 7:06:26 AM on October 22nd and Moonrise is at 20:14:22 hence during the Moonrise chaturthi tithi prevails hence Karwa Chauth in India is on October 22nd 2013. If you notice Tritiya tithi ending in Vancouver at 18:36:26 on October 21st 2013. Now the time difference between Vancouver BC Canada and India on that day with daylight saving is 12 hours 30 minutes. If you add that to 18 hours 36 minutes and 26 seconds you get 07 hours 06 minutes and 26 seconds on October 22nd 2013. This is because Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana end at the same time all over the world. As they are calculated from the Sun and the Moon.
So next time when you observe the festival as per dates mentioned in Indian websites or Calendar published in India you might be celebrating them on the wrong day.

Diwali in USA/Canada is it on November 2nd or November 3rd? in 2013

Many people visit many internet sites and concludes that diwali is on Novemberr 3rd 2013 and this date is good for entire india. Completely wrong. That date is only for India and to be precise may be good for the place in India for which it is calculated. Mostly it will work for entire India because India is relatively smaller country than China, Russia, USA and Canada. Hence one date might be good for entire India but not for other countries.

In short only if the earth is flat all indian festivals would be on the same date as India. The English calendar is different from indian calendar. Indian calendar is based on the block of 12 degree distance between the sun and the moon. They keep moving in heavens. Also other factors time zone, local sunrise, sunset, moonrise play important role.

If earth was flat the the sun and moon will rise and set all over the world at the same time and we will  not have time zones and indian festival dates would become like English calendar.  Important: Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karna are based off the distance between the Sun and the Moon. Each 12 degree distance between them is called a tithi. These Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana start and end at the same time in the world like any celestial events and hence if a celestial event happen in India during morning it will happen in USA a day before and in Australia a day after. After this begin and end time determination of Indian Date -- Tithi, the other factors like local sunrise, sunset, moonrise is considered. Hence an Indian festival date will be different in outside of India.

But unfortunately the earth is round and hence we have time zones, longitudes, latitudes, different times for the sunrise and the sunset. Each festival has different rule. Diwali Lakshmi puja is done when amavasya prevails 144 minutes past sunset -- pradosha kala. Tithes don't start at 0:00 hours at midnight they start and end any time. Their duration also is not exactly 24 hours but they vary from 19 to 28 hours (approximately). When amavasya starts before sunset and next day when it ends before the sunset we take previous day for Lakshmi puja but for oil bath we take next day. Now if you apply time zones things change. For example if amavasya starts at 5 pm on say nov 5 in California then in India it will start on November 6th at 5:30 pm due to time zone and then local sunset.

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Dhanteras 2013 Lakshmi Puja Dates
  • USA/Canada: October 31st 2013
  • West Indies, UK, Europe: October 31st 2013
  • India, Australia, NewZeland, Malaysia: November 1st 2013
Narak Chaturdashi
  • Hawai: November 1st 2013
  • Entire World: November 2nd 2013
Diwali 2013 Lakshmi Puja Muhurtha
  •  USA/Canada: November 2nd 2013
  •  West Indies, UK, Europe: Novemberr 2nd 2013
  •  India, Australia, NewZeland, Malaysia: November 3rd 2013
Gujarati New Year 2013
  •  USA/Canada: November 3rd 2013
  • West Indies: Novemberr 3rd 2013
  • UK, Eurpope, India, Australia, NewZeland, Malaysia: November 4rd 2013
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Please read this article on why different festival dates for different parts of the world.
http://www.mypanchang.com/ .

Narak Chaturdashi 2013 dates for entire world

Narak Chaturdashi Dates 2013

  • Hawaii: November 1st 2013
  • Entire World except Hawaii: November 2nd 2013
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Gujarati New Year dates for entire world in 2013

Gujarati New Year 2013

  • USA/Canada: November 3rd 2013
  • West Indies: Novemberr 3rd 2013
  • UK, Eurpope, India, Australia, NewZeland, Malaysia: November 4rd 2013
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Friday, October 25, 2013

Diwali 2013 Lakshmi Puja muhurtha by mypanchang.com

Diwali Lakshmi Puja Muhurtha Link

Diwali 2013 Lakshmi Puja Muhurtha link

  • USA/Canada: November 2nd 2013
  • West Indies, UK, Europe: Novemberr 2nd 2013
  • India, Australia, NewZeland, Malaysia: November 3rd 2013
Diwali Lakshmi Puja Muhurtha Link

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Dhanteras 2013 Muhurtha

Diwali & Dhanteras Lakshmi Puja Muhurtha Link

Dhanteras 2013 Lakshmi Puja Muhurtha link

  • USA/Canada: October 31st 2013
  • West Indies, UK, Europe: October 31st 2013
  • India, Australia, NewZeland, Malaysia: November 1st 2013
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