तिथि셍वष्ि णुस्ििा वारो नक्षत्रं 셍वष्णुरेव च। योगश्च करणं चैव सवं 셍वष्णु मयं जगि॥् Tithi(the date) is lord Vishnu, Vaar (the day) is lord Vishnu, Nakshatra (Star) is lord Vishnu, Yoga & Karana is lord Vishnu. The whole world is manifested in his maya. He is everything. He is the beginning and he is the end. He is beginingless. 19826 SE 232nd Street, Maple Valley, WA 98038 Tel: (425) 413 8900 web: www.sdtccwa.org 14320 NE 21st Street, # 16, Bellevue, WA 98007, Tel: (425) 636-4477 Web:www.bellevuehindutemple.org Pandit Pankaj Sharma ji is the priest at the Bellevue Temple. Panditji hails from Sanatan Dharma Temple and Cultural Center (SDTCC) is a non-profit organization formed in Jalandhar (Punjab) and his close family has been associated with Radha Krishna 2002 to meet the community's growing need for a religious, spiritual and cultural center in King Mandir, Mandi Road, Jalandhar, for the last four generations. Panditji has over County. Temples are located in Maple Valley (Opened in 2002) and Bellevue (Opened in 16 years of experience as a priest and is an expert in Hindu Pooja traditions. December 2011). Panditji is acknowledged as an expert in Shrimad Bhagwat and Ram Charitmanas Katha. Panditji is well known Acharya of Hari Katha and Harinam SDTCC is a registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization (UBI #: 602 147 373) in the State of Sankirtan. Pandit Sharmaji is an expert in astrology and holds a degree in Jyotish Washington. All donations are tax deductible. The organization is managed by a Board of Alankar and Diwakar ratna. Panditji is multi lingual and fluent in Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi and Directors consisting of 11 members duly elected by the General Body of SDTCC, per its robust Kumaoni (Uttaranchal) and is also available to perform all kind of pooja for special occasions at Constitution and By-Laws duly approved by the General Body. The board has numerous devotees' homes. committees including Ritual Committee, Cultural Committee, Mahaprasadam Committee, Communication Committee, Construction and Maintenance Committee, Fund Raising as well as an Audit Committee. For more information on Constitution and ByLaws please visit our website. Full-size idols of Shri Radha-Krishna, Shri Durga Maata, and Shri Shiv-Paarvati-Ganesh Parivar were Installed in April 2009 (5-days long Praan Pratishtha ceremony). An idol of Sri Hanuman ji All donations are tax-deductible on your tax-return. If you work for employers like Microsoft, was installed in June 2008 and Sri Satya Sai Baba was installed in June 2009. Additional deities Boeing, Chase Bank, Real Networks or smilar corporations, your donations to SDTCC towards (e.g., Sri Ram Parivaar) will be acquired and installed in the later phases per needs of devotes. SDTCC’s cultural activities are matched by your employer. You may be able to set up for automatic donations through your payroll deductions if work for corporations like Microsoft, AT If you would like Panditji to perform any private pooja/ritual at the temple, at your home or at & T, GE, and other employers with a smilar program. Please donate as much as you can and as the place of your desire, please contact Pandit Rishikesh Tiwari ji at (425) 413-8900 or Pandit often as you can. For donation receipts and other information please contact SDTCC Treasurer, Pankaj Sharma ji at (425) 636-4477. Smti Preeti Singla at [email protected] or at 425-443-7642 Raj Soi President Ashok Sharma Amit Upadhyay Vice-President Sanjeev Kaushik Pandit Rishikesh Tiwari Ji comes to Sanatan Dharma Temple and Cultural Amit Seth Secretary Ajit K. Singh Jt. Secretary Center of Maple Valley, WA, after serving for 6 years as principle priest at the Preeti Singla Treasurer Kul Bhushan Garg Hindu Temple of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. He served at the Sindhi Akash Choudary Jt. Treasurer Dr. Neeti Mittal Merchant Association Hindu Temple in Singapore from 2000-2002. During his Anil Sharma tenure from 1991 to 2000 as one of the five priests at the Prachin Ram Mandir in Greater Delhi area. Pandit Tiwari Ji's educational background includes Acharya in 2000 and Maple Valley Temple Shastri in 1991, both from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi (UP). In addition, he 19826 SE 232nd ST attended 9-month long in residence special training at Hindu Heritage Pratistan, a Modi Maple Valley WA 98038 Foundation Institution in Meerut, India, in the fields of Samaskaras, Pooja, Shreemad www.sdtccwa.org Bhagwadgeeta, Upanishads, Astrology, Palmistry, Yoga, Aasanaas, Praanaayaama, and (425) 413-8900 Meditation. Panditji also teaches karmakand and rituals. Bellevue Temple Pandit Tiwari Ji has intensive knowledge and ample experience in Yagnyacharya, Archaka, 14320 NE 21st Street, Suite 16 Karamkanda, Akhanda Ramayana paath, Durga pooja, traditional vedic wedding, arya vedic Bellevue, WA 98007 homam, Bhagwat Geeta, Chandi Yaag, house warming pooja, Satyanarayana Pooja, www.bellevuehindutemple.org upanayanam, and more. He is also expert in South Indian rituals including Archana, (425) 636-4477 abhishekam, and Vishnu Sahasranamam. He is fluent in Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Sindhi, English, and Nepali. ॐ वक्रत ुंड महाकाय कोटिसूययसमप्रभ निर्ववघ्नुं क 셁 मे देव सवयकायेष सवयदा॥ वनिष्ठ॥ यनममि् पक्षे यत्र काले येि दृ嵍गनितै啍यम्। दृ�यते तेि पक्षेि क यायनिथ्याददनििययम्॥ भामकराचायय॥ यात्रानववाहोत्सवजातकादौ खेिैैः मफ िैरेवफलमफ ित्वम्। मयात्प्रो楍यते तेि िभश्चरािाुं मफ िदक्रया दृ嵍गनितै啍यकृद्या॥ We are pleased to release the 2012 calendar based on Hindu dharma shastra and drika siddhanta. This same day in a different part of the world. If you are in America then it will be observed on previous day or calendar is specially prepared for the Greater Seattle area, and it may not be applicable in other parts of the the next day if you are in Japan, Fiji, Australia and other countries. For example if a total lunar eclipse is world. All time presented here is adjusted for Daylight Saving Time. visible in India at 5:00 AM it will happen on the previous day in the USA. For these reasons Indian Panchangam you bring from India cannot be used outside of India. People usually align the Hindu festivals with the English dates based on the Indian calendar. They think that nd if an Indian calendar says “Janmasthami” on a certain date, say September 2 2010, then it will appear as Uttarayana / Dakshinayana: The season occur based on earth’s position around the Sun. This is due to nd September 2 everywhere in the world. The USA is 10:30 to 15:30 hours behind India, so some people will Earth’s tilt of 23.45 degrees. The Earth circles around Sun with this tilt. When the tilt is facing the Sun we rd think it will also come the next day in the USA, i.e. September 3 2010. They also argue that their family get summer and when the tilt is away from the Sun we get winter. Because of this tilt it seems like the Sun priest in India has told them to celebrate on this particular date and according to him the Indian calendar travels north and south of the equator. The Uttarayana is the Sun appearing to move north. The will apply to all places in the world. This is a completely wrong assumption. If the Earth was flat then you Dakshinayana is the Sun appearing to move towards South. This causes rise to seaons and dependent on can use Indian calendar everywhere as sunrise sunset will happen all places equally. We won’t have any equinoxes and solstices. timezones and the world will have only one timezone. Surya Siddhanta, Maharishi Vashistha, Bhaskaracharya taught us to prepare the panchangam based on the longitude, latitude of the place you live There is a common misconception that Makar Samkranti is the Uttarayana. This is because at one point in for these reasons you cannot bring a calendar from India and use abroad. time Sayana and Nirayana Zodiac were same. Every year equinoxes slides by 50 seconds due to precision of equinoxes, giving birth to Ayanamsha and causing Makar Samkranti to slide further. As a result if you think The English date and changes at midnight; whereas the Hindu date (or Tithi) and day does not change at Makar Samkranti is uttarayana then as it is sliding it will come in June after 9000 years. However Makar midnight. Hindu day changes at Sunrise. All days are from one Sunrise to another Sunrise. Sunday will start Samkranti still holds importance in our rituals as a Samkranti. All Drika Panchanga makers will use the at one Sunrise and end at the next Sunrise.The Hindu date – the Tithi changes depending on the position of position of the tropical Sun to determine Uttarayana and Dakshinayana. Hence January 14th isn’t the Sun and Moon. It can change anytime between two Sunrises. That is to say that if Prathama Tithi ends Uttarayana. Actual Uttarayana occurs on December 21st/22nd of every year. For more details please visit today at 23:02 it does not mean that Dwitiya Tithi will end tomorrow at the same time. It can end at 18:00, http://www.mypanchang.com or write to [email protected]. 18:09 or later. About myPanchang.com: myPanchang.com is the leading panchang maker providing the most Tithi: In the lunar calendar the Moon takes a month for each revolution around the Earth. The lunar accurate panchagam in English and various Indian languages and panchangam for over more than 394 cities calendar is divided into two groups called Pakshas.