New features Annoucements

Om mahaganapataye namah
Om namo nArAyaNAya
om Namashshivaya

On this auspicious Akshaya Tritiya day I would like to present some features on our premier hindu panchangam website http://www.mypanchang.com. We started in 2007 and in 3 and half years we are almost at 4 million users. It’s my promise that we’ll continuously add more features for end users. We have added following new features on our website:

1. A complete new mobile site: http://m.mypanchang.com This can be accessed via high end phones like Iphone and Windows Mobile 6.5+, Android, Symbian and higher phones with support for javascript, cookies, and CSS and a data plan. To access this site you’ll need to logon to m.mypanchang.com. If you access mypanchang.com with a mobile phone you’ll be automatically redirected to this new site. You can access most contents available on desktop version on this site.

2. Windows Mobile Sidebar Gadget: We have written a sidebar gadget for windows Vista and Windows 7 o/s. You can download this from http://www.mypanchang.com/sidebargadget.php. You can also search on windows live gallery for Hindu Panchangam Gadget.

3. Web Gadget: We have gotten many request to display panchangam on users websites, or blogs with mypanchang.com data. We have heard you. You can visit http://www.mypanchang.com/panchang2010.html and first select your city and then click on “Code to embed Panchangam” button to get code. You can paste anywhere in your html where you want to display panchangam. If you want to display it please use it and email us your site name. We’ll proudly display your site on our site. There are some sites already using it. Some of the sites using it:

a. http://www.hindu-wedding-priest.co.uk/
b. http://cincinnatitemple.com/
c. http://www.seattlepandit.com you can hover on Today’s panchangam.
d. http://hindupanchang.blogspot.com/

4. RSS Feed: We have also RSS feed option so you can get your city’s daily panchangam in your inbox. All you need to do is visit our site http://www.mypanchang.com/panchang.html and select your Country and City and click on either “Save and Show Panchangam” button or “Just Show Panchangam” button and then you can click on “RSS” icon. Microsoft Outlook and other email programs can subscribe to the RSS Feeds. Alternatively you can use Internet Explorer to subscribe RSS Feed. You can paste the FEED url into your outlook and then your outlook will automatically update your daily panchang. Alternatively you can use this feature on your mobile phones and use RSS Readers. Windows Mobile 6.5+ and Iphone comes with RSS Reader. If you want more details please contact me.

5. New Format for 2011 Panchangam: We got many request to present a panchangam in a printable format. We have heard you. With this we have new format. From December 2010 you’ll get both the traditional and new formats. Many other formats coming soon. Please stay tuned. Please let us know if there is any error so we can correct it.

6. New format for traditional format: We have included shaka year number. Samvatsara name. Important for daily sankalpa. Also we have included tooltips so when you hoover on the date you’ll get the tool tip. Please let us know if there is any error so we can correct it.

7. Advertisements: The cost of hosting has risen. We have now dedicated server and they are expensive. Hence we have decided to include advertisements. If you feel like supporting us please click on our sponsors advertisements. This will help us site going.
My inspiration is my grandfather. With his blessings I have started this site. My family has supported me all the way. My wife Nayana has supported a lot for this website. I've put countless hours. She isn't a programmer or a techie. But whenever I am stuck she will say, Anything I can help?. Without her support I wouldn’t be able to present this site to you. Thank you Nayana for supporting me.

Once again If you have any questions about our site or new features. Please feel free to call me or drop a note.

Yours
In service of God
Pundit Mahesh Shastriji