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Date: Thu Jun 18 1998 - 19:22:49 PDT
>From MK Krishnaswamy, Surfing@pacbell.net Tirunakshatram is a word considered as equivalent to Birthday of a person. Traditionally, birthday-celebrations are reckoned with reference to the birth star (Moon's position) and death anniversaries with reference to the Thithi (Moon's phase). Why do we celbrate Sri Rama's birthday on a Navami? Gokulashtami is celebrated w.r.t Thithi, again. I will be grateful for a clarification. Adiyen Dasan, MK Krishnaswamy