More mistakes in religious festivals’ date?
by roushdatPandit Mahesh Shastri, who was kind enough to share his knowledge about the Mahashivratree celebration date in mauritius, claims that it is now that the real date miscalculations will pop in.
Here’s what he says:
Pandit Mahesh Shastri Says:
March 18, 2008 at 10:47 am eNow that is bad. He shouldn’t be doing that. I have some questions about how that organization works though…Soneone was kind enough to mail me list of festivals annouced by sanatan dharma society. I do find some errors in some festivals: Here they are:
2008 Mauritius public calendar
7 Apr Ougadi. Wrong…. rediculous This date should be April 6th, Chaitra padyami doesn’t prevail at the sunrise of mauritius on 7th (Some parts of india like bombay, and delhi will celebrate on 6th April, Where as Tamilnadu, orrisa, bengal, Bihar will celebrate on 7th Apr).
14 April Ram Navami Ramanavami should be April 13th as per shaivite principle or smartha principle, April 14th as per true vaishnavite principle.
15 August Krishna Janmashtami Wrong…. rediculous This should be 23rd August 2008 (This falls on August 24th for India, 23rd for Mauritius)
4 Sep Ganesh Chathurthi. WRONG rediculous. This should be September 3rd in Mauritius (Even India Doesn’t celebrate on 4th September)
I would really like to know their reasoning about adjusting their festivals. When they can celebrate Mahashivaratri on right date why not other fesivals?
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