Panchang which is also known as Panchangam isused to denote five elements of Vedic Astrology, namely Tithi,Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana and Var i.e. weekday. These five elementswhen combined for a day are known as Panchang. These five elementschange every day with the movement of the Moon and the Sun. Hence,followers of Hinduism refer Panchangam on day to day basis.Panchang is also known as Hindu Calendar.
Drik Panchang is one of the most reputed Panchangam available onInternet. It has been made available for Android devices withsimilar features and precision as that ofwww.DrikPanchang.com This native Panchang, which doesn'tneed Internet connectivity to use, comes with followingfeatures
Grid Calendar - The grid can be customized for lunarcalendar as well as for solar calendars including Bengali Panjika,Malayalam Panchangam, Oriya Panji and Tamil Panchangam. Lunarcalendars can be customized by selecting Purnimanta and Amantaoption and by selecting Vikrama Samvata, Shaka Samvata and GujaratiSamvata options. These selections can convert a lunar calendar intoa Gujarati Panchang, Telugu Panchanga or Kannada Panchangam.
Festivals - Drik Panchang is the most comprehensive sourcewhich lists most Hindu and Indian festivals, Government Holidays,Jayanti, fasting days including Ekadashi, Sankashti, Pradosham,Purnima, Sankranti, Durgashtami and Shivaratri days for each month.Drik Panchang lists all Chandra Grahan and Surya Grahan dates inthe year.
Kundali Support - Drik Panchang comes with Kundali supportand it can generate Lagna, Navamsha, Surya, Chandra and ShukraKundali for any date, time and location. For Lagna Kundali it showsdetailed planetary position for Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter,Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, True Rahu, True Ketu, Uranus, Neptuneand Pluto.
The Kundali can be drawn either in North Indian or South Indianchart format. Kundali can be Saved, Edited, Deleted or Opened withthe help of Kundali editor. Each Kundali is tagged with runningDasha and Antardasha. Kundali comes with an option to exploredetailed Dasha and Antardasha for next 120 years.
Dainika Panchangam - Apart from listing five basic elementsof Panchangam, detailed Dainika Panchang highlights Panchaka, GandaMoola, Bhadra, Vinchudo and all auspicious Yoga including Ravi,Amrita, Sarvartha Siddhi, Tripushkara, Dwipushkara, Ravi Pushya andGuru Pushya for each day.
Dainika Panchangam also lists Abhijit Muhurta, Amrit Kalam, RahuKalam, Gulikai Kalam, Yamaganda, Dur Muhurtam, Varjyam and AnandadiYoga.
Muhurta Table - Drik Panchang comes with day and nightChoghadiya, Shubh Horai and Udaya Lagna. Each running Muhurta isshown with count down timer.
Vedic Timer - Vedic time which is also known as Ishtakal isprovided to track time as per Vedic Era of Hinduism. In Vedic time,each day (from sunrise to sunrise) is divided into Ghati, Pala andVipala similar to Hour, Mins and Secs. In Vedic time keeping, 60Ghati makes a day, 60 Pala makes a Ghati and 60 Vipala makes aPala. At Sunrise timers shows 00:00:00 and at Sunset it shows30:00:00.
Horoscope Match - App can be used to match two horoscopesbased on Ashta Kuta. Each matched horoscope result is saved forfuture reference.
Add Tithi - User defined Tithi can be added to Panchang withrecursive reminder as per Hindu date or Gregorian date.
Localization - App supports all major Indian languagesincluding Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi,Oriya, Tamil or Telugu with English as the default language.
Location - Panchang can be generated for any location andcity across the globe to get correct date for Upavasa andfestivals. App comes with in-built DST support and there is no needto adjust timings for DST.
Theme - By default classic theme is set which is based ontraditional Indian colors. However, it can be changed to modernlooking themes which come in red, green and blue colors.