****** HINDU SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA – TRIAD HINDU TEMPLE 7751 Alcorn Road, Greensboro 27409 ⚫ www.triadhindutemple.com ⚫ Phone : (336) 621 5848 2021 CALENDAR 7751 Alcorn Road, Greensboro 27409 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) Our Priest at the Temple, Mahadacharya, Sri Muralikrishna 7751 Alcorn Road, Greensboro 27409 Sarma Bhuvanagiri, comes from a traditional Vedic family and is a native of Hyderabad, AP India. He is fluent in his native Mailing Address: language, Telugu, Sanskrit, Hindi and English and can understand a few other Indian languages. PO Box 4643 Greensboro, NC 27404 Phone: (336) 621-5848 His Temple related work experiences to include: Devalaya Website www.triadhindutemple.org Email: [email protected] Samprokshanam; Nitya Shodasopachara Puja; Abhishekams, Alankarams, Archanas; Aalya utsava; Temple Festivals like Brahmotsavam, Kalyanotsavam, Devalaya Prathistapanas, About HSNC (Triad Hindu Temple) Devalaya Kumbhabishekams, all homams and Yagnams For many years, prayer meetings were held at people’s homes, community halls and normally done at the Temples. even motel rooms! It took the drive, dedication, and commitment of many people to buy this land and build the Center in 2424 Huffine Mill Rd, McLeansville, NC 27301 . Thanks to their generosity, we now have a place to call our own. This is our society and our Pandit Sri. Damodara Bhattar comes from a traditional community. It is now up to every one of us to build upon this to preserve and perpetuate priest family. He is fluent in Telugu, English, Hindi, our heritage. “When we channel individual strength together, we will have a strong society, Kannada, and Tamil. a society our next generation will be proud of and ready to take over”. Pandit Bhattar specializes in Ashtapada alankaram for all Uthsava Moorthis and different alankarams for all The HSNC has been the stage for several Music programs and spiritual discourses over the past years. More importantly it has been a stage for the children of the deities. His Temple work experience includes Hindu community to showcase and hone their many talents. Since 2009, HSNC is Jeernodhara Punar Pranaprathista, Kumbabhishekam also known as Triad Hindu Temple. In 2021, Triad Hindu Temple moved to new and Koti Kumkum Archana. Pandit Bhattar performs all centralized location and construction of bigger and authentic Temple started. rituals: Grihapravesham, Satyanarayana Pooja, South & HSNC mission is to serve the Hindu Community and promote Hindu Culture through North Indian Wedding ceremony, Dhanalakshmikubera religious, social, and educational activities. Regularly scheduled events include puja, Pooja, Navagraha Shanti Homam, bhajans, Balvihar, children’s programs, Veda class, celebration of festivals, community services, Urban Ministry services and teen outreach programs, for further details, please Maha Rudra Homam, Maha Sudarshana Homam, Mrityunjaya Homam, Shodasha samskaras, Upanayanam, Shasti purti, and all other poojas. visit Temple website www.triadhindutemple.com Priest Services for the Community Temple Schedule HSNC/THT achieved a major milestone in 2012 by hiring an in-house priest to not only perform daily Pujas for the deities and conduct major religious events, but also Monday-Friday: 9 AM – 12 Noon, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Saturday-Sunday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM to cater to individual community members’ needs so that all traditional Hindu rites (Special events details will be updated on temple website and watch out for our weekly newsletter and rituals are performed. and monthly puja schedule announcements) In October 2020, we got our second priest. With two priests THT will conduct all three sampradayas, pujas and rituals, get ready for our move to authentic Agama Shastra Triad Hindu Temple and meet growing community priest service needs. To request priest services, please submit a request in Temple website using the "Services ->Priest Services" tab. A list of services that can be performed by our priest is available in the temple website www.triadhindutemple.com and our priests can be reached by email [email protected] 7751 Alcorn Road, Greensboro 27409 Hindu Society of North Carolina www.triadhindutemple.org Triad Hindu Temple Phone: (336) 621-5848 CALENDAR EXPLANATION महाऋषि वषिष्ठ॥ यषममन ् पक्षे यत्र काले येन 饃嵍गषितै啍यम।् 饃�यते तेन पक्षेि कु यााषि镍याषिषनिायम॥् Biggest misconception is “Indian Hindu festivals observance date in the Indian calendar / panchang is How festivals are determined? The sankathara chaturthi the chaturthi tithi must be prevailing during the moonrise applicable for all location in world”. We use our favorite Panchangam from India to find an observance date time. Sankathara Chaturthi/Karwa Chauth is celebrated when Chaturthi prevails during moon rise time Moonrise for an Indian festival. Observance dates from Indian Panchangam is valid only in India and is not transferrable in New Delhi on a given date is at 19:36 and in West Bengal, Kolkatta is at 19:25 PM. Now tritiya ends at to other locations. Another misconception arises due to the time zones/differences is as USA/Canada and 19:32 PM IST. So Kolkatta will celebrate karwa chauth/sankathara chaturthi on the Tomm where as people in Europe is behind in time then Festival will come a day later in USA/Canada and Europe. This is incorrect. New Delhi will celebrate on the same day. If Seattle/Vancouver/California is 13 hours 30 minutes behind Indian Standard Time and say an event is Timings in this calendar are end timings of the Tithi and Nakshatra and for Sun/Moon entering time when it happening in India at 8 AM then will it be the previous day in USA/Canada. You’ll subtract 13 hours 30 enters a new rashi. If the hour number is greater than 12 it means PM. When the hour number is greater than minutes from 8 AM. Which gives 6 hours 30 PM the previous day in USA/Canada Pacific Time Zone. 23 then it ends on the next English date before sunrise, that means subtract 24 hours from hour to get exact time Tithis, Nakshatras, Yoga and Karana are such events, as they end at the same instance all over the world. and take next English date. For example, tithi Amavasya ends at 26:36 on 19th March 2015 it means it ends at After calculating tithi and nakshatra endtimes per local timezone, the rules used to determine festivals. The 2:36 AM on 20th March. 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 before in the countries west of India. Uttarayana/Dakshinayana: The season occur based on earth’s position around the Sun. This is due to Earth’s The countries east of India the festival may appear on the same date as India or a day later. tilt of 23.45 degrees. The Earth orbits around Sun with this tilt. Hindu day changes at the sunrise (not midnight), a Hindu day (Vaar) is from one sunrise to another. The When the tilt is facing the Sun, we get summer and when the tilt is Hindu date or tithi doesn't change at the midnight, and it is not always fixed 24 hours long it can be anything away from the Sun we get winter. This tilt it creates a phenomenon between 19 to 26 hours. Each 12 degrees distance between like the Sun travels north and south of the equator. The Uttarayana the Sun and the Moon is Tithi. Panchangam contains two (Winter Solstice) is the Sun appearing to move north. The types of calculations: Local coordinates like longitude and Dakshinayana (Summer Solstice) is the Sun appearing to move latitude: Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset towards South. This causes seasons, equinoxes and solstices. There depends on this set. The Geocentric astronomical is a common misconception that Makara Samkranti is the positions for the Sun and the Moon. The tithi, Uttarayana. This is because at one point in time Sayana and nakshatra, yoga and karana are based on this set of Nirayana Zodiac were same. Every year equinoxes slides by 50 calculations. This astronomical phenomenon happens seconds due to precision of equinoxes, giving birth to Ayanamsha and causing Makara Samkranti to slide further. instantly at the same moment on the earth everywhere, and If you think Makara Samkranti is uttarayana then as it is sliding it will come in June after 9000 years. All hence thithis, nakshatra will begin and end at the same time Drigganitha Panchanga makers like mypanchang, Rastriya Panchang, Janmabhumi Panchang, will use the / instance all over the world and we must convert them to position of the tropical Sun to determine Uttarayana and Dakshinayana. Hence January 14th isn’t Uttarayana. our standard time. Indian panchang makers convert this ending times to Indian time. Likewise, we need to Actual Uttarayana occurs on December 21st/22nd of every year. The same for Rutu. Rutus are always observed based on Tropical position of Sun. covert it to our time zone for America/Canada or other country for that matter. 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 paksha tithi Tritiya ends at 16:39:21 Indian Standard Time, and chturthi starts. That means at 16:39 hours over more than 394 cities all over the world based on highly accurate driga ganitha. Most temples in the world rely on there is tritiya still prevailing in India. Now on October 17th 2008 in Seattle, WA at the 16:39 hours we myPanchang.com for accurate Panchang data and festival observance times.