Ugadi is today in UGA and also marks beginning of Navaratri. Happy Ugadi. Durmukhi Nama Samvatsara Shaka year 1938, Rashi Bhavishya, Panchanga Sravanam for USA and India available at http://www.mypanchang.com/2016panchangasravanam.php When is Ugadi? Hindu New Year, Yugadi, Ugadi, Cheti Chaand, Gudi Padwa Dates Dates for Ugadi/Gudi Padwa All over the World (2016): • Hawaii: April 7th 2016 • USA/PST: April 7th 2016 • USA/MST: April 7th 2016 • USA/CST: April 7th 2016 • USA/EST: April 7th 2016 • UK: April 8th, 2016 • India: April 8th, 2016 • Malaysia: April 8th, 2016 • Australia -- WAU: April 8th, 2016 • Australia -- SAU: April 8th, 2016 • Australia -- NT: April 8th, 2016 • Australia -- QSLND: April 8th, 2016 • Australia -- NSW: April 8th, 2016 • Australia -- ACT: April 8th, 2016 • Newzeland: April 8th, 2016 • Fiji: April 8th, 2016 Yugadi or Ugadi means begining of the new year. Yuga+aadi = Yugadi. It starts with the beginning of the Chaitra Shukla Paksha Padyami (Prathama) visible at the sunrise time. On April 7th 2016 as per Seattle Calendar Amavasya Ends at 4:23 AM ( past midnight of Aprril 6th written in panchanga as 28:23 which means past midnight of April 6th, as hindu day is from one sunrise to another sunrise). As a result Chaitra prathama is visible during Sunrise time on April 7th in Seattle. Hence Ugadi in Seattle is on April 7th. Prathama ends on April 7th at 24:35 which means it ends on April 8th at 00:35 AM. Also In east coast of USA CANADA PRATHAMA will end at 3:35 am on 8th April but before sunrise and hence prathama Kshya that's why entire USA and Canada Ugadi is on April 7th. Anyone who celebrate Ugadi or navaratri in start from April 8 IN USA CANADA is not proper. Only if the earth is flat Indian festival dates would be same across the globe because we will never have a time difference, sun will rise at the same time all over the globe. But if the earth was flat then it won't revolve on its own axis and hence the concept of time, the day and night will not exist. Following dates of Indian festivals from Indian panchang printed in India abroad means believing the earth is flat. Indian dates -- tithi don't end at midnight. The begin and end at anytime. The length of Indian day is also not exactly 24 hours. It can very between 18 to 27 hours. Hence it is a normal to have two tithies in one In east coast of USA CANADA PRATHAMA will end at 3:35 am on 8th April but before sunrise and hence prathama Kshya that's why entire USA and Canada Ugadi is on April 7th one day ( from sunrise to another sunrise). It is also normal to have three tithies in one day ( from sunrise to another sunrise) this is called kshya tithi . When there is only one tithi in a day (from sunrise to another sunrise). Its called vriddhi tithi. This thithi kshaya occurs due to length of the day. Specially in winter or summer. In winter sun rises very late in USA/Canada. Have you ever seen sun rising at 8:30 AM in Indian in winter? or Have you seen sun rising at 4 AM in Summer in India? But it does happen in USA. Have you ever seen Sun setting at 3:30-4 PM in India? But in USA /Canada it does happen. Have you ever seen Sun setting around 9-9:30-10 PM in India in Summer? But it does happen in USA/Canada. The common misconception is we think tithi also changes at midnight. As a result when we do fast some people break their fast at midnight. Which is completely wrong. Although a day is from one sunrise to another the fast begins at previous night till next day sunrise (except some local customs of Karwa Chauth). -- nArAyaNA smR^iti पंडित महेश शास्त्री Pundit Mahesh Shastriji follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/mypanchang facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mypanchangam Tel: (425) 445-9117(425) 445-9117 http://www.mypanchang.com http://www.seattlepandit.com Panchang for 2015: http://www.mypanchang.com/panchangam2015.php 2015 Festivals: http://www.mypanchang.com/hindufestivals2015.php -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
