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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

How to import BAPS Tithi Calendar in your Google Calendar and Android Phone

  1. Go to http://www.baps.org/
  2. Click on "calendar" link.
  3. On top left, click on "Download Calendar" link
  4. Fill out the form and click "Download Calendar" button.
  5. Save the file to your computer.
  6. Next, visit your google calendar (sign in)
  7. Click on "Settings" on top right and select "Calendar Settings"
  8. Click on "Calendar" link which is next to "General" link
  9. Click on "Create new calendar" button.
  10. Give it a name, for example, "Indian Tithis and Utsavs"
  11. Optionally edit rest of the fields
  12. Click on "Create calendar" button when done. This would bring you out of settings.
  13. Visit Settings page again by following steps #7 and #8
  14. Click on "import calendar" link
  15. Browse to the file that we downloaded and save to computer in step #5
  16. In calendar drop-down, select the calendar which we created in step #10
  17. Click "import" button when done.
So we've just created a new calendar and imported all the events into it. You can now toggle it just like any other calendar.

Optionally, you can also make it visible in your Android Phone.