Panchang - Good vara, tithi,

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• General purpose good Day (Vaar):  Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
  General purpose good Tithi:  2 (Dwitiya), 3 (Tritiya), 5 (Panchami), 7 (Saptami), 10 (Dashami), 11 (Ekadashi), 13 (Trayodashi -- shukla paksha only). 1 (Prathama - Krishna Paksha Only). Please avoid Krishna Paksha 13 (Trayodashi), 14 (Chaturdashi), and Amavasya in all good work. Please also avoid Shukla paksha's 1 (Prathama) in all goog work. Please avoid rikta tithis 4-9-14 (From both paksha) in all good work.
  Good Tithi for Wedding:  All days (Vaara) are good for wedding. Please avoid Rikta 4-9-14, Krishna Trayodashi, Amavasya, Shukla Paksha prathama 1 tithi. Rest of tithis are good for weddings. According to some Rikta tithi 4-9-14 can be taken, but avoid 14 in krishna paksha.
  Good Tithi for Grahapravesha:  Avoid Sunday, and Tuesday (This is basic rule, relaxations exists, fortified lagna removes many doshas. Consult astrologer for advanced muhurtha). Avoid Shukla paksha's 1-4-9-14, and Krishna Paksha's 4-9-13-14-Amavasya. Rest tithis are good for Grahapravesha.
  Good Tithi for Buying a New Vehicle:  3,4,5,7,10,11,13,15. Avoid Amavasya.
• Note : There are 4 important tithis which do not require any muhurtam, since each
  of the entire tithi is considered good. Any important work like wedding etc. can be
  done on these tithis. These are:
  
  
      1 Chaitra Shukla Pratipada (Prathama)
      2 Akshya Tritiya
      3 Vijaya Dasami
      4 Kartika Shukla Pratipada (Prathama)
  
  
  However, Rahukalam, Yamagandam and Gulika Kalam should be avoided even on
  these tithis.
  
  
• The Tithis are divided into five groups:
  
  
     1. Nanda (Ananda or Joyous) tithis - Prathipada (1st), Shasti (6th) and Ekadashi
  (11th) bestows happiness and joy
  
  
     2. Bhadra (Arogya or Mangala or Healthy) tithis - Dwitiya (2nd), Saptami (7th)
  and Dwadashi (12th) good for stating new work
  
  
     3. Jaya (Victory) Tithis -Tuesday Tritiya (3rd), Ashtami (8th ) and Trtayodashi
  (13th) good for winning over enemies
  
  
    4. Rikkta (Loss or Nashta) Tithis - Saturday Chathurthi (4th), Navami (9th) and
  Chaturdasi (14th)  not good for any important work, so it is avoided
  
  
    5. Poorna (Sampoorna - Full Moon or New Moon) Tithis -Thursday Panchami
  (5th), Dashami (10th) and Amavasya (15th)(New Moon) or Poornima (15th) very
  
  
  good  to complete all jobs

The next line is nakshatra. The Nakshatra name is followed by N: The time next to the nakshtra indicates when it is going to end. The same rules for tithi timings applies to nakshatras as well. (Rohinii 09:02:42). Nakshatra is also known as star. so if you are looking for today's star use this one. Please avoid Aswini nakshatra on Tuesday, Rohini nakshatra on Saturday, and Pushyami nakshatra on Thrusday for all graha pravesha, marraige, and travel muhurthas. Although these combination causes Amrit Siddhi yoga but, the same combination is not good for above said purposes. Unlike other online panchangam, all times presented in our panchangam have been adjusted for daylight saving time for North American/Candaian Panchangam. Please manually adjust for other places in the world where daylight saving time applies. A nakshatra is one of the 27 or 28 divisions of the sky, identified by the prominent star(s) in them, that the Moon passes through during its monthly cycle, as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology. Therefore, each represents a division of the ecliptic similar to the zodiac (13°20’ each instead of the 30° for each zodiac sign). The orbit of the moon is 27.3 days, so the Moon takes approximately one day to pass through each nakshatra.
General purpose good Nakshatras:  Ashwini, Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Punarvasu, Pushya, U.Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Shadha, Shravan, Dhanishtha, Shatabhisha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati. Please avoid your janma-nakshatra for all good works.
Good Nakshatras for Wedding:  Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Magha (Avoid 1st quarter), U.Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, U.Shadha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati (Avoid last quarter).
Good Nakshatras for Grahapravesha:  Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Pushya, U.Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Shadha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati.
Good Nakshatras for Buying a New Vehicle:  Ashwini, Rohini, Punarvasu, Pushya, U.Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Shadha, Shravana, U.Bhadra, Revati in the Shubha lagna (Ascendant) of Mithuna, Karka, Simha, Kanya, Vrischika, Dhanu, and Mina lagnam (Please refer to our lagna table to find these lagna, and panchanga to find nakshatra timings).
Good Nakshatras for Starting a New Job:  Vaar: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Nakshatra: Rohini, U.Phalguni, U.Shadha, Dhanistha, Shatabhisha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati. In the muhurtha chart in the 1st, 10th or 11th house Sun and Mars. (Please refer to our lagna table to find these lagna, and panchanga to find nakshatra timings).
Tara bala:  To find a day is suitable for your muhurtha tarabalam is required. Count from your birth nakshatra to nakshatra of the muhurtha day you are seeking. Please avoid 1-3-5-7-10-12-14-16-19-21-23-25 nakshatra counting from your birth nakshatra. For example: If your birth nakshatra is swati, and today's nakshatra is aswhini, now counting from swati to ashwini it gives us the count of 14th Which is not a good tarabalam. Hence till ashwini nakshatra prevails that time is bad. 

Bump up the value: Secrets that can fetch biggest price for you business

The Economic Times 9th Feb 2013

Here are some secrets that can fetch you the biggest price for the smallest slice.

Dream Team

The ideal management consists of people who have been part of successful mega-deals, have depth in your industry, and worked together as a team. Sadly, there's no such group. But some get close. Tap them.

Board Seats

Ensure a majority of board consists of outsiders. Try and attract some well-known luminaries without cash, and build on their reputations to benefit your own valuation.

Clever Affiliations

Part of the concept in both Dream Team and Board Seats is to build value by affiliation. The concept can be extended to contract, outsourcing, and joint venture deals.

Solve a Problem

Whatever the product or service you offer, it must solve some human problem that is not solved better elsewhere.

Know Your Rivals

To prove that your solution is the best, you must also expose the failings of the competitive solutions available in market.

Spiffy Testimonials

If you have customers, showcase them. It helps to put a face on real-world problems solved for real people.

Intellectual Property

To maximise valuation, you need to anchor down the intellectual property — via patents, trade secrets, and noncompete clauses.

Wide and Deep

Investors want to see a whole family of products for today and beyond. But they also want each product to be robust. So, focus on your best product.

Be Honest

Unlike selling a second-hand car, a company's valuation is best maximised with honest disclosures.

Financial Stuff

When you do your projections, go out 5 years, then cut it back to 3 and compare them. If the three-year projection is almost as good, just show the three years, otherwise five.

Deal Structure

Depending on your goals, sometimes deal structure can be traded off against a higher valuation. Properly done, both sides can stand to benefit, and the valuation zooms.

Business Plan

There is no one standard outline for a business plan. Each has to be tailored to the qualities of each company. Have a plan with all the key information.

(Source: harvardcapital.com)

Abraham Lincoln's letter to his son's teacher

Abraham Lincoln's letter to his son's teacher

He will have to learn, I know, 
that all men are not just,
all men are not true.
But teach him also that 
for every scoundrel there is a hero;
that for every selfish Politician, 
there is a dedicated leader...
Teach him for every enemy there is a 
friend,

Steer him away from envy,
if you can,
teach him the secret of
quiet laughter.

Let him learn early that 
the bullies are the easiest to lick... 

Teach him, if you can,the wonder of books... 
But also give him quiet time 
to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky,
bees in the sun, 
and the flowers on a green hillside.

In the school teach him 
it is far honourable to fail 
than to cheat... 
Teach him to have faith 
in his own ideas, 
even if everyone tells him 
they are wrong... 
Teach him to be gentle 
with gentle people, 
and tough with the tough.

Try to give my son 
the strength not to follow the crowd 
when everyone is getting on the band wagon... 
Teach him to listen to all men... 
but teach him also to filter 
all he hears on a screen of truth, 
and take only the good 
that comes through.

Teach him if you can, 
how to laugh when he is sad...
Teach him there is no shame in tears, 
Teach him to scoff at cynics 
and to beware of too much sweetness... 
Teach him to sell his brawn 
and brain to the highest bidders 
but never to put a price-tag 
on his heart and soul.

Teach him to close his ears 
to a howling mob 
and to stand and fight 
if he thinks he's right. 
Treat him gently, 
but do not cuddle him, 
because only the test 
of fire makes fine steel.

Let him have the courage 
to be impatient... 
let him have the patience to be brave. 
Teach him always 
to have sublime faith in himself, 
because then he will have 
sublime faith in mankind.

This is a big order,
but see what you can do... 
He is such a fine fellow, 
my son!

ABRAHAM LINCOLN's LETTER TO HEADMASTER

ABRAHAM LINCOLN's LETTER TO HEADMASTER
A letter written by Abraham Lincoln to the Headmaster of a school in which his
son was studying. It contains an advice, which is still relevant today for
executives, workers, teachers, parents and students.
A WORD TO TEACHERS
"He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just and are not true. But
teach him if you can, the wonder of books.. but also give him quiet time to
ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a
green hillside.
In school, teach him it is far more honorable to fall than to cheat.....
Teach to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him he is wrong.

Teach him to be gentle with gentlepeople and tough with the tough.
Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone getting on
the bandwagon...
Teach him to listen to all men; but teach him also to filter all he hears on a
screen of truth, and take only the good that comes through.
Teach him, if you can, how to laugh when he is sad... Teach him there is no
shame in tears.
Teach him to scoff at cynics and to be beware of too much sweetness.. Teach him
to sell his brawn and brain to highest bidders, but never to put a price on his
heart and soul. Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob.. and stand and fight
if thinks he is right.
Treat him gently, but do not cuddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine
steel. Let him have the courage to be impatient.. Let him have the patience to be
brave. Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will
have faith in humankind.
This is a big order, but see what you can do. . He is such a fine little fellow my

son!
- Abraham Lincoln"

"If" poem by Robert Kipling

a simple poem with profound philosophical theme...

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son! 

Rudyard Kipling

Negotiation Skills in life.

http://www.speakingtree.in/spiritual-articles/new-age/what-you-resist-persists of Deepak Chopra

Here are some guidelines for learning how to negotiate, because I sense that may you have lost the skill —
and the will — but also that you have to be the one to make the first move:

1. Stop blaming the other side

2. Respect the other side’s position

3. Take seriously the fact that the other person could be just as right about life as you are

4. Take responsibility for your side of the disagreement, and if you can, take responsibility for more than
your share. Bend over to be generous

5. Work from points of agreement

6. Only address issues when both parties feel good. Don’t negotiate when secretly you are just arguing
and trying to win

7. Don’t be competitive. This isn’t about you winning and her losing. When a relationship suffers, nobody
wins

8. Listen and learn

9. Call in an impartial mediator

10. When there are moments to be close physically or emotionally, don’t let them pass you by

If you want to take this whole thing seriously, sit down with these 10 points and a piece of paper. Write down specifically how you intend to act on each one. Once your list is complete, consult it every day and check off what you have accomplished. No check marks means no progress. I know that readers will be struck, unfortunately, by your tone of righteous smugness — all the good is on your side,

Five ways to make the boss listen to you

14 DEC, 2012, The Economic times


Despite consistent performance, the boss often does not listen to the subordinate, whatever the issue. ET suggests ways to deal with this.

Don't confront publicly

Never confront the boss in public, especially in his or her boss's presence. "In front of anyone else, you should look as a team," says K Sudarshan, managing partner, India and regional VP - Asia, EMA Partners International.

Build a good rapport

To exist in a team and perform smoothly, we need to have a good relationship with the boss. "Not all bosses take the initiative of reaching out, so the onus lies on the subordinate," says Kamal Karanth MD, Kelly Services India.

State your challenges

Often bosses ignore the challenges their subordinate face as the sole objective is to get the task done. Subordinates too don't bring up issues in fear. "People shouldn't wait for a crisis to communicate," adds Karanth.

Make boss look good

Whenever there is a chance, try to make your boss look good. "For instance, try helping with a presentation but praise your boss for it when you are lauded," says E Balaji, MD & CEO, Randstad India.

Disarm the boss

If you want to talk to your boss about his or her lack of 'patient hearing', try disarming him or her. "Do it tactfully, in a friendly way, so the person understands your point of view," says Karanth.