Davanagere located at 14°28 N latitude, 75°59 longitude, is a famous city, which is surrounded by places like Chitradurga, Ballari, Shivamogga, Haveri and Chikkamagalur from all the sides. The total land of 77 Km2 of the city is situated at the coordinate of 14.4666°N 75.9242°E. Laying on the top of the Deccan plateau, this Maiden region has an average elevation of 602.5 meter upward the level of ocean. The sewage and the irrigation purpose of Davanagere is accomplished with the water of the Bhadra reservoir, besides this reservoir, the water from Shanti Sagar, tank is used by the farmers for agriculture.
Though majority of the people 318,131, 73.14% of the population are Hindu there, the number of people following Hinduism there, are comparatively less. Muslimism is the second largest religion in Davanagere, with 24.57% of total population believing in Islam. There are Christians, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain population in 0.65%, 0.03%, 0.02% and 1.04%.
About the Panchang
The Panchang (Panjika) is the Hindu almanac. It is used to choose auspicious times (shubh muhurat) for important events
— marriage, naming a baby, starting a business or entering a new home — and to identify inauspicious periods
that are best avoided. Festivals and pujas are also scheduled by it: Lakshmi Puja falls on Purnima tithi, for example,
and Durga Puja on Saptami.
The name means “five limbs”: Tithi, Vara (weekday), Nakshatra,
Yoga and Karana. This page calculates them for the chosen city and date, together with
sunrise, sunset and the Moon's phase. Timings depend on the location, so they differ from city to city.
Tithi and Paksha
A tithi is the time it takes for the Moon to move 12° ahead of the Sun, so there are 30 tithis in a lunar month:
Pratipada, Dwitiya, Tritiya, Chaturthi, Panchami, Shashthi, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Dwadashi,
Trayodashi, Chaturdashi and Purnima in the bright half (Shukla Paksha), and the same fifteen ending in Amavasya in the
dark half (Krishna Paksha).
Karana and Yoga
Each tithi has two karanas: the movable Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija and Vishti (Bhadra), and the fixed
Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga and Kimstughna. There are 27 yogas, found by adding the longitudes of the Sun and Moon and
dividing by 13°20′: Vishkambha, Priti, Ayushman, Saubhagya, Shobhana, Atiganda, Sukarma, Dhriti, Shoola,
Ganda, Vriddhi, Dhruva, Vyaghata, Harshana, Vajra, Siddhi, Vyatipata, Variyana, Parigha, Shiva, Siddha, Sadhya, Shubha,
Shukla, Brahma, Indra and Vaidhriti.
Before starting a journey or anything important, prefer the auspicious times above and avoid Rahu Kaal,
Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal, Dur Muhurta and Mrityu periods.