"My benevolent gaze is always on those who endear me"

Monday, April 21, 2025

temple hours:

Morning: 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Evening: 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

ārati times:

kākaḍ ārati: 7:30 a.m.
madhyāhna ārati: 12:30 p.m
dhūp ārati: 6:30 p.m.
ṣēj ārati: 8:00 p.m.

today's events:

7:30 p.m. - visnu sahasranāmam

upcoming events

April 17 - May 28: Chanting of viṣṇu sahasranāmam at 7:30 p.m. every day for 41 days. Several devotees have made this commitment to realize success in an important undertaking of the temple.
April 19: Chanting of hanumān cālīsā pārāyaṇam. On the 3rd Saturday of each month, devotees come together to chant hanumān cālīsā 108 times. Chanting starts at 9 a.m.
April 25: pradōṣa kāla pūja at 7 p.m. Every trayodaśī (twice a month) abhiṣhekam and arcana is performed for Lord śivā during pradōṣa kāla (the 90 minutes before or after sunset).

today's pañcāṅga

Sunrise: 06:24
Sunset: 19:49
samvatsara: viśvāvasu
māsa: caitra
pakṣa: kṛṣṇa
tithi: aṣṭami -06:28; navami - 29:42
nakṣatra: śravaṇa - 24:14

additional details

Excellent period: until 24:14
Average period: ---
rāhu kālam: 08:04 to 09:45
varjyam: 28:08 to 29:41
durmuhurtam: 13:34 to 14:27; 16:15 to 17:09

Note: All times shown above are for San Ramon, California.  These times may vary by a few minutes for other cities in the Bay Area.  For pañcāṅga times, we use 24-hour format.  The duration between two consecutive sunrises is considered as one day.  The sankalpa for San Ramon can be accessed here.

cultural activities
Let your kids learn how to read, write and speak Hindi. Hindi language classes are being conducted at the temple on Saturdays from 11 a.m to noon.
Learn to sing (chant) ādi śankarācāryā's composition, all 100 ślokās of soundarya lahari. Classes are being conducted in dwarkamai from 11 a.m. to noon on Sundays.
our temple

our practices

The temple is open every day.  Please see temple hours for when the temple is open each day.  We welcome people of all faiths to visit our temple and seek baba’s blessings.

Etiquette: Men should refrain from wearing shorts, distressed jeans, and T-shirts that expose the chest. Similarly, women should avoid wearing shorts, dresses with hem lines above the knees, and distressed jeans.

donations

We understand that devotees would like to donate materials such as rice, dal and other spices to the temple.  Please see this list for what the temple needs and what items we have an excess of before bringing items to the temple.  This helps us maintain healthy inventory of what is needed for preparing prasadam each week.

Devotees can sponsor various sevas through cash donations.

stotra vāhinī​

Check out stotra vāhinī – repository of ślokās and stotrās.  We have included some common and well-known ślokās, stotrās, aṣṭotrās, nāmāvalīs, etc..  Devotees can use these as a reference in the temple or in their homes for regular chanting, or to learn new ślokāa to enhance their spiritual knowledge.  These can also serve as a learning tool for our children to get initiated to the spiritual power of chanting.

We will continue to add to this collection regularly.  If you would like to see any of your prefered slokas in this repository, please let us know.

sāī vicāraṇ​

Welcome to sāī vicāraṇ – our temple newsletter.  The primary focus of the newsletter is to inform all our devotees of upcoming festivals and events we celebrate at the temple.  Additionally, we plan to include one educational feature on sanātana dharma.  We plan to publish up to ten issues of this newsletter every year.  Anyone can contribute to this newsletter.

jaya sai ram

We look forward to seeing you at our temple, and joining our community.

jai sai ram
sAi vichAran

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