Sanatan Shiv Shakti Mandir of Houston Panchanga calculated by mypanchang.com Sanatan Shiv Shakti Mandir of Houston, Inc Calendar 5645 Hillcroft Ave, Suite # 701, Houston, TX 77036 Tel: 713-278-9099 713-784-5500 Amanta [email protected], [email protected] Explanation Calendar We are pleased to release the 2011 calendar based on Hindu dharma shastra and drika siddhanta. This think Makar Samkranti is uttarayana then as it’s sliding it will come in June after 9000 years. However calendar is specially prepared for the Greater Houston area, and it may not be applicable in other parts of Makar Samkranti still holds importance in our rituals as a Samkranti. All Drika Panchanga makers will the world. All time presented here is adjusted for daylight saving time. use the position of the tropical Sun to determine Uttarayana and Dakshinayana. Hence January 14th isn’t Uttarayana. Actual Uttarayana occurs on December 21st/22nd of every year. Calendar Types: There are two main types of calendars. One is the Solar Calendar which is used in Tamilnadu, Orissa, Bengal, and Kerala. The other is a Luni-Solar Calendar based on Chandramasa. In For more details please visit http://www.mypanchang.com or write to [email protected]. the Luni-Solar calendar there are two types: Amavasyant - months ending in Amavasya; and Purnimant - months ending on Purnima. The Amavasyant is used in Gujarat, Maharastra, Karnataka, Andhra Kari Dina: Avoid Kari Dina for your auspicious activities. This calendar has marked Kari Dinas. Pradesh, Tamilnadu & Kerala (along with Solar Calendar). The Purnimant calendar is used in North India. About mypanchang.com: mypanchang.com is the most popular website site that provides the Tithi: In the lunar calendar the moon takes a month for each revolution around the earth. The lunar most accurate panchagam in English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, and Tamil calendar is divided into two groups called Pakshas. The first one is called Krishna Paksha (or dark languages as per North and South Indian calendar systems for over more than 350 cities all over the fortnight) which is when the moon is waning. The second is called Shukla Paksha (or bright fortnight) world. Most temples in the world rely on mypanchang.com for accurate panchang data and festival which is when the moon is waxing. Each paksha is divided into 15 thithis. The first 14 thithis are the observance times. Please visit mypanchang.com for more details. The panchang data and festival Sanskrit numbers from 1 to 14 (Prathama, Dvithiya etc). The 15th thithi of Shukla Paksha is Poornima data presented here are the most accurate according to Hindu Vedic Tradition and in accordance (full moon) & the 15th of the Krishna Paksha is Amavasya (moon is not visible as it is closest to the sun). with Hindu dharma shastra. If you have any questions about confusion about any festival please So a lunar month consists of 30 thithis and each thithi then corresponds to the time taken by the moon to contact mypanchang.com and we’ll provide you with a further explanation. move 12 degrees, with respect to the sun. Krishna Paksha tithis are in the darker color and Shukla Paksha tithis are mentioned in the red color. 2011 Calendar Acknowledgements: Nakshatra: There are 27 Nakshatra (constellations) in the Zodiac. A Nakshatra is the zodiac Panchangam Data constellation in which the moon is found on the particular day. Nakshatras are in italics. mypanchang.com Festivals & Timings listed in the Calendar: The times listed after a Thithi & Nakshatra are the times at which Muhurthas the Thithi or Nakshatra ends. The panchanga uses the Vedic definition of a day, i.e., a day starts with sunrise and ends with the subsequent sunrise. Thus, a thithi with a time of 29:00 indicates that the thithi ends before the next sunrise. According to the western calendar, this means that the thithi ends at 5:00 AM (29:00 – 24:00) on the next day. Hence 24:00 means 00:00 hours of the next day, 25:00 means 1:00 AM of the next day, 29:00 means 5:00 AM of the next day. This is standard for any panchangam. How to read the panchangam: The time next to the tithi and nakshatra is the time when it is going to end. If tithi or nakshatra ends after midnight but before next sunrise the end-time will have a value greater than 24 hours. To get actual time, please subtract 24 from the time. The English date and day will be changed after midnight but not so for the Indian date and day. Indian day/date does not change Pandit Mahesh Shastri at midnight 0:00 hours and it is from one sunrise to another sunrise. e.g. Trayodashii 08:18. Drika Panchangkarta and Siddhanti This means Trayodashi ends at 8 hours 18 minutes. mypanchang.com The time next to the nakshtra indicates when it is going to end. The same rules for tithi timings apply to nakshatras as well. E.g. Rohinii 09:02. This means Rohini nakshatra ends at 9 hours, Advisors Dr. Ramchandra Joisa, Sistla Somayajulu, 02 minutes. Nakshatra is also known as a Star. This way you can find your child’s birth star. Rallabhandi Anjaneyulu, Santhosh Kumar Sharma Gollapelli The time for Sun’s samkramana is when sun will enter that rasi or sign on that day. e.g. Parantap Kumar Vyas Makara 4:36 means Sun is entering Makara rasi at 4 hour 36 minute. Uttarayana / Dakshinayana: The season occurs based on tropical sun (without ayanamsha). This is Calender Design Monica Monasterio, due to earth’s tilt of 23.45 degrees. The earth circles around sun with this tilt. When the tilt is facing the Vikas Pulpa, Payal Goorha, Rama Srinivasan, Sun we get summer and when the tilt is away from the Sun we get winter. Because of this tilt it seems like Paddy Ramaiyanger the Sun travels north and south of the equator. This motion of the sun is called Uttarayana – The sun is moving towards North and Dakshinayana the sun is moving towards South. This motion of the sun Management Mrs. Nayana Shastri, Ms. Sowjanya Kodidala moving towards the north is called Uttarayana. When it is moving towards the south it is called Dakshinayana. This causes rise to seaons. They are dependent on equinoxes and solstices. Architect Robert Beardsworth There is a common misconception that Makar Samkranti is the Uttarayana. This is because at one point in Notes: Any data presented here is copyright of mypanchang.com and its associates, any portion time Sayana and Nirayana Zodiac were same. 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Sanatan Shiv Shakti Mandir of Houston Panchanga calculated by mypanchang.com Important Muhurtha Times for January 2011 Date Sunrise Sunset Moonrise RahuKalam Yamagandam Gulikai Abhijit Durmuhurtham Varjyam AmritaKalam Muhurtha Bad Times Good Bad Times Good Times 01 07:21 17:37 04:52 09:55-11:13 13:45-15:03 07:21-08:39 12:08-12:50 07:21-08:03, 08:02-08:44 20:06-21:43 29:47-31:24 02 07:22 17:37 05:51 16:20-17:37 12:29-13:47 15:03-16:21 12:09-12:51 16:14-16:56, 03 07:22 17:38 06:44 08:39-09:57 11:13-12:30 13:46-15:04 12:09-12:51 12:50-13:32, 14:53-15:35 13:37-15:16, 25:17-26:58, 08:42-10:20 04 07:22 17:39 07:30 15:04-16:22 09:56-11:14 12:30-13:48 12:09-12:51 09:25-10:07, 21:44-22:26 24:50-26:33 11:19-12:59 05 07:22 17:40 08:11 12:30-13:48 08:39-09:57 11:13-12:31 12:10-12:52, 22:12-23:56 11:03-12:46 06 07:22 17:40 08:48 13:48-15:06 07:22-08:40 09:57-11:15 12:10-12:52 10:48-11:30, 14:55-15:37 24:17-26:02 08:36-10:20 07 07:22 17:41 09:20 11:14-12:32 15:06-16:24 08:40-09:58 12:11-12:53 09:26-10:08, 12:52-13:34 30:20-32:07 10:51-12:37 08 07:23 17:42 09:50 09:57-11:15 13:49-15:07 07:23-08:41 12:11-12:53 07:23-08:05, 08:04-08:46 17:02-18:50 09 07:23 17:43 10:19 16:24-17:43 12:32-13:51 15:07-16:25 12:12-12:54 16:19-17:01, 08:15-10:03 19:02-20:50 10 07:23 17:44 10:48 08:40-09:59 11:15-12:34 13:50-15:09 12:12-12:54 12:53-13:36, 14:57-15:40 14:49-16:36 25:36-27:23 11 07:23 17:44 11:18 15:08-16:27 09:58-11:16 12:33-13:52 12:12-12:55 09:27-10:09, 21:52-22:34 20:21-22:08 31:03-32:50 12 07:23 17:45 11:50 12:33-13:52 08:40-09:59 11:16-12:34 12:13-12:55, 28:10-29:55 13 07:22 17:46 12:25 13:52-15:10 07:22-08:41 09:58-11:17 12:13-12:55 10:50-11:32, 14:59-15:41 07:41-09:26, 22:22-24:05, 14 07:22 17:47 13:06 11:16-12:35 15:10-16:29 08:40-09:59 12:13-12:56 09:27-10:10, 12:55-13:37 26:19-28:00 08:39-10:22 15 07:22 17:48 13:52 09:58-11:17 13:53-15:12 07:22-08:41 12:14-12:56 07:22-08:05, 08:04-08:47 31:02-32:39 12:20-14:00 16 07:22 17:49 14:46 16:29-17:49 12:35-13:54 15:11-16:30 12:14-12:57 16:24-17:07, 20:37-22:11 11:53-13:30, 30:02-31:36, 17 07:22 17:49 15:46 08:40-10:00 11:17-12:36 13:53-15:13 12:14-12:57 12:56-13:39, 15:01-15:44 22:40-24:12 28:01-29:32 18 07:22 17:50 16:51 15:12-16:32 09:59-11:18 12:35-13:55 12:15-12:57 09:27-10:10, 22:00-22:43 24:43-26:12 19 07:21 17:51 17:59 12:36-13:55 08:40-10:00 11:17-12:37 12:15-12:58, 19:11-20:39 09:39-11:08, 27:57-29:25, 20 07:21 17:52 19:07 13:55-15:15 07:21-08:41 09:59-11:18 12:15-12:58 10:51-11:34, 15:03-15:46 21:22-22:49 30:02-31:29 21 07:21 17:53 20:15 11:18-12:37 15:14-16:34 08:40-10:00 12:15-12:58 09:27-10:10, 12:57-13:40 18:16-19:43 26:55-28:21 22 07:21 17:54 21:22 09:59-11:19 13:56-15:16 07:21-08:41 12:16-12:59 07:21-08:04, 08:03-08:46 12:17-13:44 20:57-22:24 23 07:20 17:55 22:28 16:34-17:55 12:37-13:57 15:15-16:35 12:16-12:59 16:29-17:12, 09:17-10:45 18:02-19:30 24 07:20 17:55