2424 Huffine Mill Rd, McLeansville, NC 27301 Hindu Society of North CarolinaHindu Society of North Carolinawww.triadhindutemple.org Triad Hindu Temple Phone: (336) 621-5848 Triad Hindu Temple 2 2424 Huffine Mill Rd, McLeansville, NC 27301 www.triadhindutemple.org 0 Phone: (336) 621-5848 2 0 2424 Huffine Mill Rd, McLeansville, NC 27301 Hindu Society of North Carolina www.triadhindutemple.org Triad Hindu Temple Phone: (336) 621-5848 Physical Address: Hindu Society of North Carolina (Triad Hindu Temple) 2424 Huffine Mill Rd, McLeansville, NC 27301 Our Priest at the Temple, Mahadacharya, Sri Muralikrishna Sarma Bhuvanagiri, comes from a Mailing Address: traditional Vedic family and is a native of Hyderabad, PO Box 4643 Greensboro, NC 27404 AP India. He is fluent in his native language, Telugu, Phone: (336) 621-5848 Sanskrit, Hindi and English and can understand a few Website www.triadhindutemple.org Email: [email protected] other Indian languages. His Temple related work experiences to include: About HSNC (Triad Hindu Temple) Devalaya Samprokshanam; Nitya Shodasopachara Puja; Abhishekams, Alankarams, Archanas; Aalya For many years, prayer meetings were held at people’s homes, community halls and even motel rooms! It took the drive, dedication and commitment of utsava; Temple Festivals like Brahmotsavam, many people to buy this land and build this Center. Thanks to their Kalyanotsavam, Devalaya Prathistapanas, Devalaya generosity, we now have a place to call our own. This is our society and our Kumbhabishekams, all homams and Yagnams normally done at the Temples. He community. It is now up to each and every one of us to build upon this to can be reached at 336-517-6268 & [email protected] preserve and perpetuate our heritage. “When we channel individual strength together, we will have a strong society, a society our next generation will be Monthly scheduled special Puja at the temple: proud of and ready to take over” Sundays: Sakala Devata Aradhana and Abhishekam Pournami: Sri Satyanarayana Puja & Katha The HSNC has been the stage for several Music programs and spiRutual Sankatahara Chaturthi: Sri Vinayaka Puja discourses over the past years. More importantly it has been a stage for the Masa Shivaratri: Sri Rudraabhishekam children of the Hindu community to showcase and hone their many talents. Since 2009, HSNC is also known as Triad Hindu Temple. Priest Services for the Community HSNC mission is to serve the Hindu Community and promote Hindu Culture through HSNC/THT has achieved a major milestone in hiring an in-house priest to not only religious, social and educational activities. Regularly scheduled events include puja, performs daily Pujas for the deities and major religious events, but also to cater to bhajans, balvihar, children’s programs, Veda class, celebration of festivals, individual community members’ needs so that all traditional Hindu rites and Rutuals community services, Urban Ministry services and teen outreach programs, For are performed. further details, please visit Temple website www.triadhindutemple.org Sri Sarmaji can perform all Pujas, Havans, Shanti Pariharas and Srardhadhi Karmas at your house. A detailed list of Shodasha samskaras for Community from pre-birth to funeral rites services he can perform are listed in the temple website. To request Temple Schedule priest services, please send an email to: [email protected] Monday-Friday: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Aarti at 7:15 pm) Saturday-Sunday: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm (Aarti at 12:15 pm) A list of services that can be performed by our priest is available in the temple website (Special events details will be updated on temple website and watch out for our weekly http://www.triadhindutemple.org email) 2424 Huffine Mill Rd, McLeansville, NC 27301 Hindu Society of North Carolina www.triadhindutemple.org Triad Hindu Temple Phone: (336) 621-5848 वशिष्ठ॥ यशमिन ् पक्षे यत्र काले येन 饃嵍गशितै啍यि।् 饃�यते तेन पक्षेि कु यााशि镍याशिशनिायि॥् Biggest misconception is “Indian Hindu festivals observance date in the Indian calendar / panchang How festivals are determined? The sankathara chaturthi the chaturthi tithi must be prevailing during the is applicable for all location in world”. We use our favorite Panchangam from India to find an observance moonrise time. Sankathara Chaturthi/Karwa Chauth is celebrated when Chaturthi prevails during moon rise date for an Indian festival. Observance dates from Indian Panchangam is valid only in India and is not time Moonrise in New Delhi on a given date is at 19:36 and in West Bengal, Kolkatta is at 19:25 PM. Now transferrable to other locations. Another misconception arises due to the time zones/differences is as tritiya ends at 19:32 PM IST. So Kolkatta will celebrate karwa chauth/sankathara chaturthi on the Tomm where USA/Canada and Europe is behind in time then Festival will come a day later in USA/Canada and Europe. as people in New Delhi will celebrate on the same day. This is incorrect. If Seattle/Vancouver/California is 13 hours 30 minutes behind Indian Standard Time and Timings in this calendar are end timings of the Tithi and Nakshatra and for Sun/Moon entering time say an event is happening in India at 8 AM then will it be the previous day in USA/Canada. You’ll subtract when it enters a new rashi. If the hour number is greater than 12 it means PM. When the hour number is 13 hours 30 minutes from 8 AM. Which gives 6 hours 30 PM the previous day in USA/Canada Pacific Time greater than 23 then it ends on the next English date before sunrise, that means subtract 24 hours from hour Zone. Tithis, Nakshatras, Yoga and Karana are such events, as they end at the same instance all to get exact time and take next English date. For example, tithi Amavasya ends at 26:36 on 19th March 2015 over the world. After calculating tithi and nakshatra endtimes per local timezone, the rules used to it means it ends at 2:36 AM on 20th March. determine festivals. The local factors like like Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, and Moonset are used along with Tithi to determine festivals. Hence, sometimes festivals may appear on the same day as India or a day Uttarayana/Dakshinayana: The season occur based on earth’s position around the Sun. This is due to before in the countries west of India. The countries east of India the festival may appear on the same date Earth’s tilt of 23.45 degrees. The Earth orbits around Sun with as India or a day later. this tilt. When the tilt is facing the Sun, we get summer and when Hindu day changes at the sunrise (not midnight), a Hindu day (Vaar) is from one sunrise to another. the tilt is away from the Sun we get winter. This tilt it creates a The Hindu date or tithi doesn't change at the midnight, and it is not always fixed 24 hours long it can be phenomenon like the Sun travels north and south of the equator. anything between 19 to 26 hours. Each 12 degrees distance between the Sun and the Moon is Tithi. The Uttarayana (Winter Solstice) is the Sun appearing to move Panchangam contains two types of calculations: Local north. The Dakshinayana (Summer Solstice) is the Sun coordinates like longitude and latitude: Sunrise, Sunset, appearing to move towards South. This causes seasons, Moonrise, Moonset depends on this set. The equinoxes and solstices. There is a common misconception that Geocentric astronomical positions for the Sun Makara Samkranti is the Uttarayana. This is because at one and the Moon. The tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana point in time Sayana and Nirayana Zodiac were same. Every are based on this set of calculations. This astronomical year equinoxes slides by 50 seconds due to precision of phenomenon happens instantly at the same moment on equinoxes, giving birth to Ayanamsha and causing Makara Samkranti to slide further. If you think Makara the earth everywhere, and hence thithis, nakshatra will Samkranti is uttarayana then as it is sliding it will come in June after 9000 years. All Drigganitha Panchanga begin and end at the same time / instance all over the world makers like mypanchang, Rastriya Panchang, Janmabhumi Panchang, will use the position of the tropical Sun and we must convert them to our standard time. Indian to determine Uttarayana and Dakshinayana. Hence January 14th isn’t Uttarayana. Actual Uttarayana occurs panchang makers convert this ending times to Indian time. on December 21st/22nd of every year. The same for Rutu. Rutus are always observed based on Tropical Likewise, we need to covert it to our time zone for America/Canada or other country for that matter. position of Sun. For example: October 17th 2008 the Ashwayuja (Ashwin) Krishna Paksha / Poornimant Kartik Krishna About myPanchang.com: myPanchang.com is the leading panchang maker providing the most accurate panchagam for over more than 394 paksha tithi Tritiya ends at 16:39:21 Indian Standard Time, and chturthi starts. That means at 16:39 hours cities all over the world based on highly accurate driga ganitha. Most temples in the world rely on myPanchang.com for accurate Panchang data and festival observance times. For more details please visit http://www.mypanchang.com. there is tritiya still prevailing in India. Now on October 17th 2008 in Seattle, WA at the 16:39 hours we won't have tritiya at that time. We already have chaturthi started because Planets keep on moving. 13 hours have 2020 Calendar Acknowledgements passed and the position of sun and moon have changed. So what time Tritiya will end in Seattle? The time Panchangam Data mypanchang.com difference is 13 hours 30 minutes (with one our day light saving time it gives the difference of 12 hours 30 http://www.mypanchang.com minutes from IST).