Drik Panchang
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| Type of business | LLP |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Bengaluru, India (Registered Office) Mathura, India (Branch Office) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Founder(s) | Sharad Upadhyay |
| Industry | |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |  10,827 (August 2020[update])[1] |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Current status | Active |
Drik Panchang is an online Panchang and Hindu Calendar. Drik Panchang is owned by Adarsh Mobile Applications LLP. The Bengaluru based company was founded in 2010 by Sharad Upadhyay[2]. Drik Panchang is a comprehensive web tool that enables users to check and browse various aspects of Hindu Calendar, location based Hindu Panchang, Hindu Festivals, Indian festivals, auspicious and inauspicious Muhurta, etc. Drik Panchang mobile apps are available for Android and iOS. Drik Panchang provides Panchang in 12 Indian languages and 3 Foreign languages[3]. Drik Panchang application is free to use. Several reputed Indian News Channels e.g. like Times of India[4], NDTV[5], Indiacom[6], Zee News[7], ABP News[8] etc. use Drik Panchang's data in their website. The famous Siddhi Vinayak temple of Mumbai also uses Panchang data from Drik Panchang website[9].
India has kept two things alive while making way to modernization. One is Ayurveda and second is Vedic Astrology. Drik Panchang team is trying to revive Vedic Astrology with integrating it with the latest computer technologies and web resources.
History
Drik Panchang was launched during the first half of year 2011. The ex-Nokia employee Sharad Upadhyay is the person who has developed the software used by the website and mobile apps. Earlier in 2010 he started developing the algorithms required for Hindu Calendars. In mid 2011 he launched the website with couple of pages. Drikpanchang.com is outcome of his efforts to develop Hindu Calendar for mobile phones. In 2012, Drik Panchang received 2.2 million visitors and since then, the website is growing continuously. Later, Drik Panchang became available on the Android and iOS Platforms. The Idea of bringing Vedic Astrology online has received good response over time.
Features
Panchang
Drik Panchang generates Panchang for any location on the globe including local timings of Chandra Grahan and Surya Grahan. It also generates the Tithi, events, festivals etc based on the Panchang.
Drik Panchang generates various Panchang specific to the region and community like, Tamil Panchangam, Telugu Panchangam, ISKCON Panchang etc.
List of Available Panchang in different languages.[3]
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| Hindu Calendar | Hindi |
| Tamil Panchangam | Tamil |
| Telugu Panchangam | Telugu |
| Kannada Panchang | Kannada |
| Malayalam Panchangam | Malayalam |
| Gujarati Panchang | Gujarati |
| Marathi Panchang | Marathi |
| Bengali Panjika | Bengali |
| Oriya Panji | Odiya |
| Assamese Panjika | Assamese |
| Nepali Patro | Nepali |
| ISKCON Calendar | IAST |
Rashiphal
Drik Panchang calculates the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and other astrological aspects to generate Vedic Rashiphal based on the moonsign of an individual. Drik Panchang provides daily, weekly, monthly and yearly horoscope in Hindi and English languages. Along with the current day, week and month, one can read the horoscope for the next day, week and month also.
Jyotisha Utilities
Drik Panchang provides many online Jyotisha utlities[10] such as Horoscope Match, Janma Kundali (कुण्डली), Rashiphal (राशिफल), Moonsign calculator, Birthstar calculator, Mangal Dosha calculator, Kalasarpa Yoga calculator, Baby Name Finder, Name Initials, Janma Lagna, Sunsign calculator, Shraddha calculator etc.
Auspicious dates / Muhurta
Muhurta (मुहूर्त) or Muhurat in Vedic Astrology is the time division of approximately 48 minutes between Sunrise and next Sunrise. It is the combination of five astrological elements, Tithi, Vaar, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana. Drik Panchang uses its inhouse software to provide location based Muhurat for all cities of the world. Some of the most popular Muhurat services available on Drik Panchang are Choghadiya, Shubha Hora, Abhijit Muhurat, Panchaka Rahita Muhurat, Do Ghati Muhurat, etc.
Horoscope Matching
Drik Panchang uses inhouse built sophisticated software for horoscope matchmaking. Online Kundali Match[11] is based on Ashtakuta method. In Ashtakuta Kundali match, eight different personality aspects of the couple are compared and assigned certain points based on compatibility match. The final result depends on the summation of points assigned to all personality aspects.
References
- ↑ "drikpanchang.com Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa". alexa.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "He has developed advanced algorithms to generate location based Panchang".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "15 Different Panchang available in Drikpanchang website".
- ↑ "Maha Shivaratri date for 2020 in Times Of India Website according to Drikpanchang.com".
- ↑ "Krishna Janmashtami date for 2020 in NDTV website according to Drikpanchang.com".
- ↑ "Kamika Ekadashi date for 2020 in Indiacom website according to Drikpanchang.com".
- ↑ "Holika Dahan Timings for 2020 in Zee News website according to Drikpanchang.com".
- ↑ "Rakshabandhan 2020 in Zee News website according to Drikpanchang.com".
- ↑ "Siddhi Vinayak temple uses Panchang data from Drik Panchang website".
- ↑ "Jyotisha utilities available in drik Panchang website".
- ↑ "Horoscope matching in Drik Panchang website".
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