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From: Ravi (miinalochanii_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Mar 30 2001 - 07:28:57 PST
namaste
1) This program prints out the info for Local Time. So one should
adjust for the standard time we use. For instance, Austin uses CST,
but there is a 30 minutes difference (approximately) between CST and
the time at Austin based on longtitude. Similarly wherever you are,
you should account for such differences.
2) Also this program prints (as it is now) the information at the
local sunrise time. But it is easy to modify to print it at any time
you want.
3) Anand Hudli who is well versed with pancanga calculations,
mentioned that is program is not very accurate.
4) There is an on going effort by a group of volunteers to develop an
accurate panchanga program. I think we need such a tool across the
board, whether one is a smArta, shrIvaiShNava or a mAdhva.
5) Even if the perl script is slightly approximate, it matters only
when the things like naxatra changes at the time of worship say
6:00am. Then one can not be sure of what naxatra it is. I think,
however, it is a good learning tool to start with. It is important we
get some idea of what are the naxatra-s, karana-s and yoga-s. Even
better if we learn how these computations are done. Anand Hudli is
writing a series on Advaita-L on how to compute some of these
quantities (probably if you know perl, you can study this code as
well).
6) There is a good introduction to panchanga here. But please note
some of the items given there are based on their tradition. But this
will give some idea of the calendar.
http://www.hindu.org/sciences/panchangam.html
ambaaL daasan
Ravi
http://www.ambaa.org/
http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/
na jnAyate ma hitaM nitarAm upAyo
dIno.asmi devI samayAcharaNAxamo.asmi |
tat.h tvAM ananya sharaNaH sharaNaM prapadye
mInAxI vishva jananIM jananI mamaiva ||
( I do not know what is good for me and the means to achieve
it. I am such pitiable position and I do not have the inner
strength to follow the shAstra-s. I surrender to you and
none else, O mInAxI, Mother of the Universe, my own
Mother, have mercy on me)
--niilakaNTha diixita
--- In bhakti-list@y..., "Malolan Cadambi" <mcadambi@y...> wrote:
> sri:
> srimathe rAmAnujAya namaha
>
> BhaktAdigale,
>
> NemaggE ugAdi dinada subAshrayagalu
> mattu hosA varshada subAshrayagalu
> (Pardon me for the late wish)
>
> There is a PERL Script for Calculating Panchangam. I am not sure
> whether it is synchronised for Sri Vaishnava use. I request members
> who are well versed in software to try to convert this script into
a
> stand alone programme, which can be used by any one.
>
> WARNING: This does not work on WINDOWS or MAC, you need SOLARIS or
> UNIX to try the script.
>
> All Due regards to Sri Ravishankar Mayavaram who originally pointed
> out the source of the script in another esteemed electronic forum.
>
> ===========================================================
> There is a perl script for computing panchanga at
>
> ftp://ccftp.kyoto-su.ac.jp/pub/doc/sanskrit/pancanga/
>
> For personal use, I think one can modify and get the data one needs.
> especially for sa.nkalpam if one needs, naxatra, tithi, yoga, karaNa
> etc at a particular place and at local time. It is quite handy.
>
> Espcially things change during the day. In the following data, at
the
> end data is printed for 6, 8, 18, and 20 hours of 3/17/2001, and you
> will see the changes. Especially if your prayer hour varies, you may
> want to set it up for a range (6-8 am/pm)
>
>
> ====================================================================
> Pancanga based on the Suryasiddhanta
> Day requested = AD 2001 3 17
> JD (at noon) = 2451986 Saturday
> Local latitude = 30.3
> Requested time = 6h: 0m
> ===================================================================
> Nirayana True Longitude
> Sun 11s 3d 0' 14"
> Moon 8s 8d 5' 59"
> Mercury 0s 0d 0' 0"
> Venus 0s 0d 0' 0"
> Mars 0s 0d 0' 0"
> Jupiter 0s 0d 0' 0"
> Saturn 0s 0d 0' 0"
> Candrocca 9s 24d 21' 9"
> Rahu 2s 21d 42' 31"
> Local sunrise = 6h 6m
> ayanamsa = 22d 31m
> Jovian(North) = vijaya(27)
> Jovian(South) = vikrama(14)
> Lunar Month = Phalguna
> Paksha = K 8 (fraction = 0.924)
> Solar masa/day = Mina /4
> samkranti on = 2001/ 3/14
> samkranti at = 5h:48m
> naksatra = Mula
> karana = kaulava
> yoga = vyatIpAta
> ============================================================
>
> 6h Phalguna K 8(0.924) Mula kaulava vyatIpAta
>
> 8h Phalguna K 9(0.003) Mula taitila vyatIpAta
>
> 18h Phalguna K 9(0.398) P-asadha taitila varIyas
>
> 20h Phalguna K 9(0.477) P-asadha taitila varIyas
>
> =============================================================
>
> Again, I am not sure wheter this panchangam is syncrhonised with
Sri
> Vaishnava useage. I request members who want to work on this script
> to get in touch with elder members to figure out how to programme
an
> electronic panchangam for Sri Vaishnava use.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adiyen Ramanuja Daasan,
>
> Malolan Cadambi
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