HOUSTON, TEXAS www.mypanchang.com 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 next day USA/Canada and Europe is behind in time then Festival will come a day later in USA/Canada and Europe. where 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). So, let's subtract 12 hours 30 minutes from the 16:39:21. That gives us 04:09:21 AM on Festivals & Muhurthas October 17th. So on October 17th after that time we'll have chaturthi tithi and before we have tritiya. The Calculated by Pandit Mahesh Shastriji same way if tithi ends at 8:39 AM on Sept 12 in India it will end at 20:09 PM on Sept 11th in Seattle. The Panchang Ganitha, Panchang Siddhanti same way Western Australia is 8 hours ahead of GMT and hence the chaturthi will end there at 12:09 PM mypanchang.com on Sept 12th. The arth keeps moving. It doesn't wait for tithi or festivals to arrive in your timezone. The sun Seattle, WA USA doesn't rise instantly at the same time all over the world Hence we need to convert the panchanga times to local standard time. After knowing tithi ending times, it's a time to decide festival dates for each region. 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