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- Subject: Hindu Calendar Program for PC
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- The program 'NALKATI' is a Hindu Calendar program. Example output is shown.
- It is free. you may ftp it yourself from wsmr-simtel20.army.mil(26.2.0.74)
- Please do not ask the author for free copies by mail.
- You may send your comments to the author by US/Canadian mail.
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- SAMPLE OUTPUT FROM THE PROGRAM 'NALKATI'
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- Monday 1990 April 30, 12h 0. Universal Time (GMT)
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- Year: 5091 kali yugam Solar date: Promodooda-(1)Chitthirai-17
- 2021 Thiruvalluvar
- 1165 Kollam
- 1912 Salivahana Saka Lunar date: Promodooda-(2)Vrishabham-6
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- Newmoons Fullmoons
- Wednesday 1990 April 25, 4h30 Tuesday 1990 April 10, 3h18
- Thursday 1990 May 24, 11h48 Wednesday 1990 May 9, 19h31
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- Ugadi Solar New Year
- Monday 1990 March 26, 19h51 Saturday 1990 April 14, 0h 0
- Saturday 1991 March 16, 8h13 Sunday 1991 April 14, 0h 0
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- MOON: Nakshatram: Punarpoosam 81%, Cancer(Katakam) 2%, thithi 6.03 waxing
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- SUN: Nakshatram: Bharani 32%, Aries(Mesham) 58%
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- NOTICE:
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- You do not have to send me any money. Just your comments and suggestions
- are welcome. Please use snail-mail (not e-mail). If you need a reply,
- enclose a self addressed and stamped (US or Canada) envelope or your
- e-mail address.
- You are free to copy and distribute this program as long as you do not
- modify or remove this notice and do not make money with it.
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- This programs uses astronomical calculation techniques developed in the
- recent centuries and is more accurate than those used by some of our
- traditional panchangam experts. This may cause some differences from
- values found in vakkya panchangams.
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- The sky is divided into 27 constellations or nakshatrams.
- A rasi (signs of zodiac) is 2 and a quarter nakshatrams. The moon stays in
- a nakshatram for about a day. The sun however stays in a rasi for about a
- month. The nakshatram or the birth star is according to the position of
- MOON at the time of birth. The birth day according to Hindu Calender is
- when the SUN is in the same rasi and the MOON in the nakshatram of birth.
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- The Solar date is according to the Tamil/Malayalam/Sinhala calendar.
- The Lunar date is according to the Kannada/Telugu calendar.
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- This software has no guarantee of any kind. You use it at your own risk.
- K.Srinivasan, 1109 Rue Gaboury, St.Bruno, Quebec, J3V 5X4, Canada.
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