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Tolappar Krishna Jayanti

The Tolappar tradition is followed by Sri Ahobila Mutt and Thengalai Sri Vaishnavas. It is named after Sri Vaidika Sarvabhauma Swami, also known as Kidambi Tholappar, who wrote a detailed text establishing the reasoning behind his tradition. He was a disciple of the founding Jiyar Swami of Sri Ahobila Mutt.

Observation

1) Only the solar month is taken into account. So it must be in Simha (Avani) Masam, which is mid-August to mid-September.

2) The target date in this month is Krishna-Ashtami (8th day of the waning phase of the moon) in conjunction with Rohini. However, on that day, not even a tiny bit of Saptami should exist post-sunrise, nor should there be any Krttika nakshatra.

3) If there is no pure Ashtami-Rohini conjunction as described in (2), Navami-Rohini is the next preferred conjunction, with once again a pure Rohini mandatory.

4) If (3) is not possible, Mrigashira nakshatra combined with Navami Or Dashami is the next preferred choice.

5) If this observance of Sri Jayanti does not fall on Ashtami, the Ashtami is treated as any other day and requires no special observance.