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function getEnglishPrayer(dayOfYear) {

	var prayer = new Array();

	prayer[0] =

		"O Goddess Sarasvati! Salutations to you. You are the wish-fulfiller. You take any form you like. I am going to begin my study. May my study be ever-successful."



	prayer[1] =

		"O Goddess Sarasvati! You have the face just like the lotus, that blooms in autumn. You are the bestower of all our wishes. Always, reside in us with all your great attributes."



	prayer[2] =

		"May Sarasvat+
, the goddess of speech protect me.  She is the only true embodiment of what is taught in Ved

nta and who is manifested in every  name and form."



	prayer[3] =

		"Goddess Sarasvat+
 is the only deity sung in all the Vedas and all their ancillaries.  She is the one without a second and is the power of the creator.   May that goddess Sarasvat+
  protect me."



	prayer[4] =

		"She who exists in the form of letters, words, sentences and their meaning, she who has no beginning, ending and no limit, may that goddess Sarasvat+
  protect me."



	prayer[5] =

		"Goddess Sarasvat+
  is adorable with a white rosary in her hand.  She is annointed with white sandal  paste and holds a white V+
G

 in her hands. She is bedecked with white dazzling jewels."



	prayer[6] =

		"Oh goddess Sarasvati! who abides in the city of Kashmir,  my salutations to you.  I pray to you every day.  Grant me the gift of learning."



	prayer[7] =

		"Oh Supreme Goddess!  Have mercy and forgive me if (in my chant), there is a wrong letter or a word wrongly spelt, or a sound not having correct lenth/weight."



	prayer[8] =

		"After realising whom, the Yog+
 shatters all the bonds and along the fruitful path attains the supreme goal, may that goddess Sarasvat+
 protect me."



	prayer[9] =

		"Again and again, I offer my salutations to goddess Sarasvat+
, Who is the presiding deity of knowledge, without whom, whole of this universe will become a living corpse for ever."



	prayer[10] =

		"Salutations to that goddess, who is the power of retention, knowledge,  imagination, originality and creativity."



	prayer[11] =

		"My respectful salutations to that goddess of speech, without whom all this universe will be eternally dumb and insane."



	prayer[12] =

		"Oh goddess Bh

rat+
 ! (Sarasvat+
)!  Something like your treasure  was never heard of, because,  by using, it increases and by hoarding, it decreases."



	prayer[13] =

		"I bow to that goddess, Sarasvat+
,  the presiding deity of speech, by whose grace people obtain divinity."



	prayer[14] =

		"Goddess Sarasvat+
  is saluted by Siddhas and Gandharvas (celestial beings known for their powers and arts), adored by gods and demons, worshipped by all the sages and always praised by seers."



	prayer[15] =

		"Those who chant this hymn for goddess Sarasvat+
,  the sustainer of the universe, at dawn at noon and at dusk, attain all knowledge."



	prayer[16] =

		"Always, my salutations are for the supreme goddess Sarasvat+
 in the form of Bhadrak

l+
 and to all the centers of knowledge, Vedas, Upanicads and Ved

Egas."



	prayer[17] =

		"Holding a rosary, a goad, a noose and a book, and wearing a necklace of pearls,  may the goddess Sarasvat+
 abide in my speech for ever."



	prayer[18] =

		"Goddess Sarasvat+
 is the embodiment of faith, concentration and intellect.  She is the goddess of speech and beloved of the creator, Brahm

  .She lives at the tip of her devotee s  tongue and bestows merits like composure.  [My salutations to goddess Sarasvat+
]"



	prayer[19] =

		"Oh goddess of learning!  Give me knowledge, memory, learning, reputation, poesy and a power to enlighten the students."

	prayer[20] =

		"Salutations to you. Oh goddess Z


rad

! Who lives in the town of K

la
+
.You are facing the southern direction.You are the giver of knowledge." 











	var prayerNum = getPrayerNumber(dayOfYear);

	return prayer[prayerNum];

}



function getPrayerNumber(dayOfYear){

	var prayerNum = dayOfYear%21;

	return prayerNum;

}