Temple to Visit: Lord Nataraja Temple Chidambaram

After 8 long years of research, Western scientists have proved that at Lord Nataraja's Temple chidambaram, in Tamil nadu, the big toe is the Centre Point of World 's Magnetic Equator.
 
 Our ancient Tamil ScholarThirumoolar has proved this Five thousand years ago! His treatiseThirumandiram is a wonderful Scientific guide for the whole world.

Chidambaram temple embodies the following characteristics :

1. This temple is located at the Center Point of world 's Magnetic Equator.
2. Of the "Pancha bootha" i.e. 5 temples, Chidambaram denotes the Skies. Kalahasthi denotes Wind. Kanchi Ekambareswar denotes land. All these 3 temples are located in a straight line at 79 degrees 41 minutes Longitude. This can be verified using Google. An amazing fact & astronomical miracle !
3. Chidambaram temple is based on the Human Body having 9 Entrances denoting 9 Entrances or Openings of the body.
4.  Temple roof is made of 21600 gold sheets which denotes the 21600 breaths taken by a human being every day (15 x 60 x 24 = 21600)
5. These 21600 gold sheets are fixed on the Gopuram using 72000 gold nails which denote the total no. of Nadis (Nerves) in the human body. Thesetransfer energy to certain body parts that are invisible.
6. Thirumoolar states that man represents the shape of Shivalingam, which again represents Chidambaram .this represents Sadashivam which represents HIS dance !
7. "Ponnambalam " is placed slightly tilted towards the left. This represents ourHeart. To reach this, we need to climb 5 steps called "Panchatshara padi"Si, Va, Ya, Na, Ma " are the 5 Panchatshara mantras. There are 4 pillars holding the Kanagasabha representing the 4 Vedas.
8. Ponnambalam has 28 pillars denoting the 28 "Ahamas "as well as the 28 methods to worship Lord Shiva. These 28 pillars support 64+64 Roof Beams which denote the 64 Arts. The cross beams represent the Blood Vessels running across the Human body.
9. 9 Kalasas on the Golden Roof represent the 9 types of Sakthi or Energies.The 6 pillars at the Artha Mantapa represent the 6 types of Sashtras.The 18 pillars in theadjacent Mantapa represents 18 Puranams.
10. The dance of Lord Nataraja is described as Cosmic Dance by Western Scientists. Whatever Science is propounding now has been stated by by our saints thousands of years ago !

Sree gurubhyoh namah

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Diwali Laskhmi Puja Muhurt for New York, NY : 19:07:29 till 20:27:34

Festival : Lord Hanuman Jayanthi

Places to Visit : Teerthas

Why the indian calendar is different from english calendar?

If earth is flat, all Indian festivals would be on the same date as India.But unfortunately, the earth isn't flat and hence we have time zones, longitudes, latitudes, different sunset and sunrise timings.

Indian calendar is based on Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and karana. They are based off the distance between the Sun and the Moon. (Each 12 degree distance between them is called a Tithi) The other factors like timezone, local sunrise, sunset, moonrise is also considered. Tithis doesn't exactly start at 0:00 hrs at midnight. They can start at any time of the day/night. Also their duration is not exactly 24 hrs. They approximately vary from 19 to 28 hrs.

These Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga and karana start and end at the same time in world like any celestial events and hence if a celestial event happen in India during morning it will happen in USA a day before and in Australia a day after.  Hence an Indian festival date will be different in and outside of India.

Each festival has different rules. Diwali Lakshmi puja is done when amavasya prevails 144 minutes past sunset -- pradosh kala.  When amavasya starts before sunset and next day when it ends before the sunset, we take previous days for Lakshmi pooja but for oil bath we take next day.

Dhanteras Lakshmi pooja muhurt Oct 31st 2013 18:32:06 till 20:15:42
Diwali Lakshmi pradosh muhurt Nov 2nd 2013 18:24:14 till 20:12:20 

Thank you Maheshji for shedding the light.

Lunar Eclipse Dec 21 2010 in EST Timings

Partial Eclipse starts at Dec 21 1:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
Total Eclipse starts at Dec 21 2:41 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
Total Eclipse ends at Dec 21 3:53 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
Partial Eclipse ends at Dec 21 5:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time

Info from local temple priest:
Parihara suggested for the following nakshatras: Arudra, Swati, Satabhisha, Mrigasira, Punarvasu. Suggested Parihara: Archana for Sri Chandra Graha.