2011 Panchangam released Hindu Almanac of Global Relevance- Atlanta Dunia -

2011 Panchangam released
Hindu Almanac of Global Relevance
By Ravi R Ponangi
• Atlanta, GA: 2011 New Year Hindu Panchangam (calendar) containing extensive data has been released. Readers, particularly the religious-minded Hindus, will find useful the exhaustive information about all the festivals, occurrence of eclipse and forthcoming religious events at the website www.mypanchang.com .
• The Hindu Panchangam is scientifically calculated based on key geographical and astronomical factors like longitude and latitude, time zone, sunrise, sunset, and moonrise timing. The Hindu calendar produced in India has no relevance outside India. The website www.mypanchang.com rectifies this shortcoming by providing a calendar for each region based on the same key aspects. It covers most of the cities/countries across the globe.
• The daily use of this Panchangam/calendar helps to understand the religious significance of each day of the year. Most Hindus - even the less superstitious ones - are aware of auspicious and inauspicious timings and their likely fallout. The calendar imparts necessary information to guide the readers to fix suitable date and time for performing auspicious events.
Some of the other features in mypanchangam.com include:
• NASA's high precise JPL ephemeris calculations using drikh ganitha (mathematical calculation)
• Tutorials for novices to calculate own muhurth
• Shastrashuddha, festival dates corrected for the location as per Dharmashastras (ethical codes).
• Panchangam for 350+ cities with detailed information (Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Tithi, Vaar, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Rahukalam, Yamagandam, Abhijit Muhurth, Durmuhurtham, Varjyam, Daily transit of Moon and Sun changing times, lagna and chogadia tables, daily planetary positions, and more).
• Festivals observed in various parts of India.
This unique calendar was masterminded by the erudite scholar and panchang siddanti Pundit Mahesh Shastri of Seattle, WA who is more familiarly known as Seattle Shastri. Shastriji has made this Panchangam available to different cities worldwide through his website mypanchang.com free of charge. Shastriji lives in the greater Seattle area, WA, USA. He learned Yajurveda, Dharmshastra, Astrology and Panchangam from his grandfather, Pundit Maganlal Devshankar Shastri. Shastriji has expertise in Vedic, Krishnamurthy, and Western Astrology. He is also Honorary priest for the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center in Bothell (Greater Seattle, WA, USA). Shastriji is associated with other temples in the Greater Seattle area. He can be reached shastrijii@mypanchang.com.
The website provides Panchangam data and festival information of many cities inside and outside India in reader-friendly formats. It was founded in 2006 by Pundit Mahesh Shastriji who has vast knowledge in Drikh Panchang and Dharmashastras. Several other Dharmashastra experts and astrologers also work with MyPanchang.com to ensure exactitude of the information furnished. MyPanchang.com team consists of enthusiastic professionals who voluntarily dedicate their time and efforts for the noble cause of providing Panchangam information and services to the worldwide Hindu community. Shastriji encourages and lends support to temples and other community organizations to craft their own Hindu calendar with complete data for the benefit of their community. Shastriji acknowledged to the India Tribune the overwhelming appreciation they continue to receive from viewers of the website and pledged to keep this site going in times ahead.