Hassan a place with 66.12 Km2 of land is situated between the state capital, the IT hub Bangalore and the fishing capital of the state, Mangalore. These two cities, Bangalore and Mangalore are locate at 182 and 166 Km of distance from Hassan, respectively. The south western part of the state, Hassan has an elevation of 980 meter or 3220 ft, upward the sea level. The 8 Taluks, 38 hoblies and 2369 villages of the place are located at the latitude of 12° 13´ and 13° 33´ North and at a longitude of 75° 33´ and 76°38 east. Hemavathi is the river that flows through the place of Hassan for the most part. Besides this there are also some places where Kaveri River could be found.
The total number of Hindu is 91.80% of the total population of 1,776,421, which is one of the primary religion of Hassan. The second most major religion is Muslimism, with6.76% of population and the other religions such as Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism are also there as minority.
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.