function setCal() {
// standard time attributes
var now = new Date();
var year = now.getFullYear();
var month = now.getMonth();
var monthName = getMonthName(month);
var date = now.getDate();
now = null;

// create instance of first day of month, and extract the day on which it occurs
var firstDayInstance = new Date(year, month, 1);
var firstDay = firstDayInstance.getDay();
firstDayInstance = null;

// number of days in current month
var days = getDays(month, year);

// call function to draw calendar
drawCal(firstDay + 1, days, date, monthName, year);
}