Dear all,

so, I conclude, it either has to do with the web browser (and maybe version) or with geolocation.

I made a few tests in this regard: With Firefox and Chromium on different Linux installations from an Indian ip address, I got the error message. It did work, however, with Tails OS (also a Linux system) and the Tor browser (that changes the geolocation all the time). 

It may help if you download the command line version of Pancanga, latest version is 3.14. This is a perl script and can be invoked in a terminal window on Linux or MacOS (and other Unix-a-like systems) with 

perl pancanga3.14

the output lools like this (doing a listing for the date November 9, 1918):

 Current settings. Lat: 23.2. Long: 75.8.  Suryasiddhanta (AD 1000ca).
<L>atitude, l<O>ngitude, <C>hange System, <E>xit from Setting: e
 Current settings. Lat: 23.2. Long: 75.8.  Suryasiddhanta (AD 1000ca).
<T>ry, <L>ist, <V>erbose, <S>etting, <E>nd: l

 Year  Month  Day = 1918 11 9

1918 11  9 Sat|Saka 1840|V.S.1975        Karttika   Suklapaksa  5 P-asadha
===============================================================================
1918 11 10 Sun|Saka 1840|V.S.1975        Karttika   Suklapaksa  7 U-asadha
===============================================================================

here is a github link to the script: <https://github.com/kollavarsham/pancanga/blob/master/pancanga3.14> (use the "Download raw file" button).

All the best

Peter Wyzlic

I had the same problem just before Christmas (using Firefox and Chrome from Sweden) and alerted Prof. Yano. I just had another go, and it seems to be working again.

Martin Gansten

Den 2026-01-15 kl. 13:41, skrev Walter Slaje via INDOLOGY:

I have been facing the same problem for a couple of weeks now (access with Firefox & Microsoft Edge from Austria). The result of a recent inquiry with Prof. Yano however was that it works perfectly (accessed from Japan).

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