FW: FREE Hindu Calendar Posted On-Line for 180 Cities Worldwide
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Hindu Calendar Posted On-Line for 180 Cities Worldwide
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To learn more about the calendar we use at our Hindu monastery in Hawaii, you can click here to download the full Introduction to the Vedic Calendar
KAUAI, HAWAII, January 17, 2006: Himalayan Academy, publisher of Hinduism Today and HPI, is pleased to announce the
posting of the Hindu calendar calculated for 180 cities worldwide for both 2006
and 2007 (the Hindu new year beginning in April). These panchangams are
primarily used for the sankalpa (declaration of intent, time and place) in
ceremonies and they contain the five essential elements for future muhurthas
(auspicious timing). They do not contain all of the planetary position data
needed for a complete horoscope. Most South Indian festivals are listed. The
panchangam must be calculated for the specific location of the ceremony, as the
various timings are dependent upon the specific latitude and longitude.
The introduction says: "Vedic Calendar is no ordinary calendar or almanac.
It is far more complex than the simple Gregorian calendar normally used in the
West and far more useful. It is patterned after the traditional panchangams
used throughout Sri Lanka and South India which employ the Nirayana (sidereal)
zodiacal system. Panchanga, a Sanskrit word, means "five limbs,"
which refers to the fact that every panchangam includes the five basic elements
of tithi (lunar day), nakshatra (the constellation the moon is aligned with),
karana (half-day), yoga (a particular angle of the sun and moon) and vara or
vasara (solar weekday). Panchangams furnish other astronomical information
which is extensively used by astrologers, as well as the times of all
forthcoming religious events. Most modern panchangams, such as Vedic Calendar,
also include Gregorian (Western) calendar information, which has been adopted
as the unified world standard."