Ekadashi Reminder for ISKCON and Gaudiya Vaishnava

Note: Smartha Ekadashis are not supported ! Only Vaishnava Ekadashis are supported ! This signifies that it isn't regular Hindu calendar and it isn't displaying common Hindu panchanga.

This mini Ekadashi Calendar calculates information of the subsequent Ekadashi vrata for given location: 1) start time and 2) the period of breaking the fasting. Also it sends notification concerning the subsequent fasting day. It is based on Hindu calendar and Jyotish astrology.

This app calculates only Vaishnava (or Bhagavata) Ekadashi which are Shuddha (or pure): an observance relies on the rule that Dashami or the tenth day throughout a lunar fortnight ought to have ended earlier than Arunodaya (96 minutes period before sunrise on the Ekadashi or the 11th day in a lunar fortnight).

Full support for ISKCON: this Vaishnava calendar implements both standards of ISKCON: earlier than 1990 and after 1990. The first commonplace was established by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and was extensively utilized in ISKCON from the beginning to 12 months 1990 AC. This standard makes use of Shri Mayapur as the situation for calculating the day, when Vaishnava occasions are celebrated all around the world. In 1990 AC the second normal was proposed: instead of utilizing Shri Mayapur it was suggested to make use of present location.

Features:

★ It does not have undesirable Popups, Spam, Ads and Notifications.

★ Application dimension is small and it consumes very small memory space.

★ It is offline utility - it does not require Internet connection.

★ It does not retrieve or retailer any identifying info.

★ It does not collect anonymous usage information.

★ It has very simple interface.

Current performance:

1) configurable program notifications within the system status bar

2) main screen with:

-- the date of the following Shuddha Ekadashi fasting

-- the interval of breaking the fasting

-- description of Ekadasi

3) Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time) help for Europe, USA and Australia

4) built-in database of 4,000 cities to select 'Current location'

5) full assist for ISKCON:

Both algorithms of calculating the start of the fasting have been carried out:

-- a) utilizing Shri Mayapur (near Navadvipa, West Bengal, India)

-- b) using the 'Current location'

Notes for ISKCON:

-- a) utilized by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. This algorithm was widely used until 1990

-- b) various algorithm proposed in 1990

6) help Hindi, Bengali, English, Ukrainian, Russian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French

7) Set Date and Set Time are part of time machine which can be utilized to travel to an arbitrary point in time (currently years 1961-2061 are supported) and get information about Ekadashi fasting for that second. Refresh is used to return to present moment.

Note: the appliance would not save a time or info between periods. Every time the app is launched it takes current time from system clock and makes calculations once more.

8) Dates calculated with Use 'Current location' possibility (i.e. utilizing different algorithm) correspond with current ISKCON calendar - Gcal 2011 (Gaurabda Calendar written by Gopalapriya pr. from ISKCON Bratislava).