Calendars of India

Calendars of India
Author: Dr Vinod K. Mishra
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2020-01-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 8120842766

Calendars are created by civilisations to give meaning to the continuous flow of time according to their world-views. Over the past millennia, India has developed it's own unique collection of many calendars for regulating it's religious and cultural life. The current book presents a comprehensive account of their structure and relative importance at the present time and places them in the context of other calendars prevalent outside India. Suggestions have also been made for making some changes to bring them in line with our current astronomical knowledge. This book will be very useful to students and anyone who is curious about calendars.

Gods in the Bazaar

Gods in the Bazaar
Author: Kajri Jain
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2007-04-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780822339267

DIVA theoretically informed cultural study of the design, production, and circulation of Indian calendar art./div

Panchang

Panchang
Author: Arijit Roy Chowdhury
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2020-08-20
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9353577985

Buying a house? Hosting an annaprasan or a grihapravesh ceremony? Or perhaps you need your child's horoscope for their wedding? The Panchang offers a codified daily guide to auspicious dates and timings throughout the year for important life events, religious festivals and ceremonies, and special occasions. A 'panchang' is the combined analysis of 'panch angs' or five attributes, namely, day of the week, tithi, nakshatra, yog and karan -- each of these elements and its impact is taken into careful consideration to arrive at an auspicious day. This first-ever English panchang, based on the famed 150-year-old Gupta Press Bengali panjika, also explains, in a simple, easy-to-understand manner, what a panchang is, what its different elements signify, and how you can use it. For all those who wish to know the astrological configurations for any special event, this is an indispensable tool.

Calendrical Calculations Millennium Edition

Calendrical Calculations Millennium Edition
Author: Edward M. Reingold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2001-08-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780521777520

This book makes accurate calendrical algorithms readily available for computer use.

The Siddhantas and the Indian Calendar

The Siddhantas and the Indian Calendar
Author: Robert Sewell
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1989
Genre: Hindu calendar
ISBN: 9788120603646

Being A Continuation Of The Author`S Indian Chronograph, With An Article By The Late Dr. J.F. Fleet On The Mean Place Of The Planet Satum.

7 Secrets From Hindu Calendar Art

7 Secrets From Hindu Calendar Art
Author: Devdutt Pattanaik
Publisher: Westland
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2023-08-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9395073195

About the Book A DEEP-DIVE INTO THE FASCINATING WORLD OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL IMAGES THAT ARE FOUND IN ALL OUR HOMES AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEM Hindu mythology abounds with fascinating gods, goddesses and characters whose visual representations — through calendar art — are equally colourful. Hindu calendar art may seem fantastic and kitsch, but it is in fact the most democratic expression of a mythic imagery that was once restricted to temple walls and palm leaf manuscripts. These portraits of the Hindu pantheon of gods and the stories that surround them can be found on the walls and puja rooms of almost every Hindu household in India. Rich in symbols, each image is a piece of an ancient metaphysical jigsaw puzzle. In this book, Dr Devdutt Pattanaik, India’s renowned mythologist, decodes these symbols to reveal a wisdom that has nourished India for thousands of years.

Resolving the Indian Calendar Anomalies

Resolving the Indian Calendar Anomalies
Author: Devinder Dhingra
Publisher: Devinder Kumar Dhingra
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-06-27
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9354738818

A must-read for calendar enthusiasts at any level, it is the first book in the world that explains how adhik maas (the intercalary month) was decided in the Vedic era. The book discusses all the calendar issues and key constituents of Indian calendar before providing the concrete guidelines for resolving the calendar anomalies. Apart from addressing questions like ‘Can we use the tropical rashi ingress for Chaitra etc. months?’, sufficiently backed with academic and logical support, the book provides the Author's take on key festivals and rituals in the final chapter. In addition, two exclusive chapters on the relevant inputs from the author’s other two works ‘The Unanswered’ and ‘Taming the Untamed’ are included in the book to help readers find everything needed at one place.