मनुकुल करता वर्ष नव चैत्र मास आरम्भ,
सात्विक हर्षोल्लास से पूजै देवी अम्ब।
पूजै देवी अम्ब चैत्र नवरात्रि मनाते,
भारतजन नव वर्ष युगों से तथा मनाते।
सर्वेश्वर कविराय बह रही उल्टी सरिता ,
म्लेच्छ अनुकरण हाय मोहवश मनुकुल करता!!
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31 Dec n 1 Jan R not an iota more than mere dates. Whereas shukl pratipadA preceding the solar uttarAyaNa marks the beginning of Vedic year, beginning of divine day of the devatAs. Gregorian solar calender lacks lunar calculations whereas Vedic Hindu calender satisfies both .
The Indian or Hindu calendar months are different from the western calendar months, even though their number is same, meaning that there are 12 months in this calendar too. These 12 months also correspond with the twelve zodiac signs. The Indian calendar months starts from English 22nd march which is quite different from the western calendar month that starts with 1st January.
Indian or Hindu Calendar Months
Chaitra
The first month in Indian Calendar Month is chaitra. This is from 22nd March to twentieth April. This has thirty days.
Vaishak
The second month is vaishak. This has thirty one days. It usually starts from 21st April and stays till 21st May.
Jaistha
The third month is the Jaistha this again has thirty days. It starts from 22nd May and goes on till 21st June.
Asadha
The fourth month Asadha has thirty one days. It starts from the 22nd of June and goes on till 22nd July.
Shravana
The fifth month in the Indian calendar months is the Shravana. It again has thirty one days. It begins 23rd July and goes on till 22nd August.
Bhadra
The sixth month also called the Bhadra month. It has thirty one days and it starts from 23rd August and goes till the 22nd of September.
Ashwin
Ashwin is the next month in the list. It starts from the 23rd of September and ends on 22ndOctober. This month also consists of thirty days.
Kartik
The month of Kartik follows it has thirty days. The month of Kartik starts from 23rdOctober and goes till 21st November.
Aghrayana
The month next month to appear in the Indian calendar months is the Aghrayana. It comprises of thirty days. It starts from the 22nd November and stays on till 21stDecember. This month again has thirty days in it.
Pausa
The Pausa month follows in the Indian calendar months. This starts from the 22ndof December as per the western calendar and stays till 20th of January.
Magha
Magha is the name of the second last month in the Indian calendar months. It is a month that consists of thirty days. It begins from 21st of January and goes on till 19th of February.
Phalgun
The last month in the Indian calendar months is the month of phalgun. It starts on the 20th of February and ends on the 21st or 22nd of March.
These are the names of the twelve months that come in the Indian calendar months. The exact dates of these months may vary by a week from what we have mentioned. For example in some year the month of chaitra can start from 15th March.
Relation with the Zodiac
The month of chaitra is associated with the Aries sign.
The month of vaishak is associated with Taurus.
The month of Jaistha is associated with the sign Gemini.
The month of Asadha is associated with cancer.
The month of Shravana is associated with the zodiac sign Simha or Leo.
Bhadra month is the month of Virgo.
Ashvin month goes with the zodiac sign of Tula or Libra.
The month of Kartik is associated with Scorpio.
The month of Aghrayana is the month of the zodiac sign named Sagittarius.
Pausa is related to the zodiac sign Capricorn.
The month of Magha is known to be the month of Aquarius.
Phalgun month is associated with the zodiac sign Pisces.
Hindu Calendar Months & Seasons
The first two month of Chaitra and vaishak are associated with the season of spring.
The next two months of jaistha and Asadha are associated with the summer season. The Shravana Bhadra months are representative of varsha or the rainy season.
Ashvin and Kartik months are the symbols on autumn season.
The months of Aghrayan and Pausa are related to the hemant Ritu.
Hemant is the winter in India.
The last two months of phalgun and Magha are associated with the sisira or the cold season.
Practical Applications of Indian Calendar
As you can make out from the explanation given so far that the concept of the Indian calendar months is quite different from the western calendar months this is exactly why it becomes very difficult to use the Indian calendar months for official purpose. The Indian calendar months is mostly used for religious ceremonies and pujas. It is used to decide what will be an auspicious day to start a task. When you use the Indian calendar on a regular basis you will get a better idea of the same. The Hindu calendar is still used to make horoscopes and to decide days for the weddings etc.
The western calendar was brought into India by the Britishers. Before they came the Indian calendar was followed. Post Independence when the Britishers left we officially continued to follow the western calendar as that was the international standard. The Indian calendar months becomes more complicated as there is a system of adding and deleting a month every three years
Regional Varieties of the Indian Calendars
By Helmer Aslaksen and Akshay Regulagedda
Introduction
Probably the easiest way to classify Indian calendars is by their region of usage. It must be reiterated though, that such an exercise might be misleading. The classification is indeed not watertight; all calendars are intrinsically inter-linked with one another. With this caveat, we'll now traverse India on a calendrical vehicle of sorts. In particular, we try to ascertain the following elements in each region's calendrical practices:
- Type of calendar
- Local variation.
- When does the year begin?
- Era followed
Thanks to Akhil Doegar and Akshay Prasad for help with graphics.
Lunisolar calendars
The southern amanta calendar
The southern amanta lunisolar calendar is followed in the South and Southwest Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. It is lunisolar; i.e., its days and months are calculated based on the motions of the Moon and the Sun. Like the Chinese calendar, the month is calculated from new Moon to new Moon. It differs from the Chinese calendar in that the day of the new Moon is considered the last day of the previous month instead of the first day of the new month.
In the Chinese calendar, the year is divided into 12 solar months by 12 principal solar terms or zhongqis. In the Indian calendar, the year is divided into 12 solar months or rasis by 12 principal solar terms or samkranti. In the Chinese calendar the starting point of both the lunar and the solar months are considered to be the whole days on which the new Moon and the zhongqis occur. However, in the Indian calendar, the new Moon and the samkranti are considered moments in time. This becomes important when computing leap months, since like in the Chinese calendar, a leap month (adhika masa) is added to the calendar on average every 2.7 years to offset the disparity in lengths between the lunar year and the sidereal year. In addition, a month (kshaya masa) is occasionally skipped.
The southern amanta calendar differs from the western amanta calendar in its treatment of kshaya masas, the New Year Day and the era followed. We believe that the southern amanta calendar follows the southern school for treating kshaya masas. Saha and Lahiri suggest that it follows the Salivahana Saka Era starting with Chaitra Sukla Pratipada, the lunar day after the last new Moon before the Mesha samkranti. The years are also named according to the names of the Jovian years (southern school). The eras and handling of kshaya masas will be discussed in detail in their respective sections.
Western amanta calendar
As already mentioned, we believe it is important to distinguish between the amanta calendar practiced in South and West India. In West India, specifically, in the state of Gujarat, the amanta calendar is of two forms, one that starts with Aashaadha (followed in the Kathiawar region) and one that starts with Kartika (followed all throughout Gujarat). Both calendars follow the Vikrama Era and both also probably follow the northwestern school for kshaya months.
Purnimanta calendar
The Purnimanta calendar is followed in most of North India, i.e., in the states of Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan. (Earlier literature fails to mention Uttaranchal, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Delhi, but they are off-shots of bigger states and follow the same calendar). It differs from the amanta calendar in that the months are reckoned from full Moon to full Moon. Therefore, the Purnimanta calendar starts two weeks before the amanta calendar does; that is, it starts with the lunar day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti. The Vikrama Era is followed, along with the northern school of Jovian year names.
Solar calendars
Malayali (Kerala) calendar
There are four regional variations of Indian solar calendars that differ in the way the start of the month is related to the samkranti. The samkranti is the moment when the Sun enters an Indian zodiac sign or rasi. The Malayali calendar is followed in the South Indian state of Kerala. It is a solar calendar so the months are defined according to the rasis The year starts with the Simha samkranti and follows the Kollam Era. The month begins on the same day as the samkranti if it occurs before aparahna, i.e., three-fifths of a day. Otherwise, it begins on the next day.
Tamil calendar
The Tamil calendar is followed in Tamil Nadu. This calendar is also solar; the month begins on the same day as the samkranti if it occurs before sunset. The Kali Era is followed along with the southern Jovian cycle. One peculiarity about the Tamil calendar is that its month names start with Chittirai (Chaitra).
Bengali calendar
The Bengali calendar is followed in West Bengal, Assam and Tripura. The Era is the Bengali San. The rule for the beginning of the month is again different; the month begins on the day after the samkranti, if it occurs before midnight. Otherwise, it begins on the third day
Oriya calendar
The Oriya calendar is followed in the eastern state of Orissa. In addition to the Bengali San, the Saka, Vilayati and Amli eras are followed. The month begins on the same day as that of the samkranti
Nanakshahi calendar
Promulgated in 1998 CE, the Nanakshahi calendar is followed by Sikhs in Punjab. It is linked to the Gregorian calendar, except in its usage of the Nanakshahi Era
National calendar of 1957
Proposed by the Calendar Reform Committee of 1952 and promulgated in 1957 CE, the national calendar is a tropical calendar with fixed lengths of days and months. However, because it was totally different from the traditional calendars, it did not find much acceptance
Skipped (kshaya) months
One of the most interesting aspects of the Indian lunisolar calendar is its kshaya masas, literally “decayed months”. Occasionally, certain months are skipped from the lunisolar calendar. We now try to understand the modalities behind this omission; we try to answer how, why, when and where it happens.
First, let's try to define a kshaya month. Chatterjee, in his work on Indian calendars, says that a certain lunar month “may completely overlap any of the short three nirayana solar months of Margasira, Pausha and Magha”, with the result that there will be no new Moon in the respective solar month. Consequently, there will be no lunar month named “after …this solar month”
We learn the following from this statement: a) that the solar months of Margasira, Pausa and Magha are small, b) that at a certain time, there might be no new Moon in these months, and c) the corresponding lunar month is skipped from the calendar. Note that Chatterjee is silent on whether the skipped lunar month is amanta or purnimanta; a naive assumption would be that since he talks about new Moons, the month would be amanta. But, a study of the (Chaitradi) amanta and purnimanta calendars for the present year reveals that the difference between these two calendars is still two weeks. Therefore, it's safe to conclude that kshaya months were skipped from the purnimanta calendar as well.
Moreover, the statement about “corresponding lunar month” is unclear; are we talking about the lunar month with the same number as the new-Moon-lacking solar month? Or are we talking about the lunar month with the same name of the solar month? From looking at calendars, we see that it is the lunar month with the same name that gets skipped.
To account for a purnimanta kshaya, and to further clarify which month to skip, we re-phrase the definition of a kshaya month to be thus: In any given lunar year, if two consecutive samkrantis occur between two consecutive new Moons, then the lunar month, whether amanta or purnimanta, with the same name as the solar month in which this occurs, is skipped. As we shall see, such a re-phrasing is useful for computational purposes.
Treatment of kshaya months
We may complete our discussion of kshaya months by describing the three Kshaya schools.
- The northwestern school is followed in the northwestern part of the country, presumably in Gujarat and/or Rajasthan, where the lunisolar calendar is used. It treats the adhika month before kshaya as a normal month and the one after the kshaya month to be intercalary.
- This contrasts with the eastern school where the reverse is followed; the adhika month before the kshaya is deemed intercalary, while the one after it is deemed normal. The eastern school is followed in the eastern parts of the country, where the lunisolar calendar is followed.
- The southern school, treats both adhika masas as intercalary, instead reckoning the kshaya month as a jugma, i.e., the first half of the tithi of this month is deemed to be that of the first month, and the second half as that of the second month. This is presumably followed in the southern parts of the country where the lunisolar calendar is followed.
We may thus summarize Indian calendars in the following table.
| State | Calendar | Era | New Year | Local Variation |
| Andhra Pradesh | Southern amanta | Salivahana Saka, Jovian cycle (southern school) | One day after the last new Moon before the Mesha samkranti | Probably southern school for kshaya |
| Assam | Solar | Kali, Bengali San | Solar day after the Mesha samkranti | Bengali rules for beginning of month |
| Bihar | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Chattisgarh | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Delhi | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Goa | Southern amanta | Salivahana Saka, Jovian cycle (southern school) | One day after the last new Moon before the Mesha samkranti | Probably southern school for kshaya |
| Gujarat | Western amanta | Vikrama Karthikaadi | One day after Deepavali | Probably northwestern school for kshaya |
| Gujarat - Kathiawar | Western amanta | Vikrama Aashaadhadi | Ashaadha S 1 | Probably northwestern school for kshaya |
| Haryana | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Himachal Pradesh | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Purnimanta | Saptarishi, Laukika | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Jharkhand | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Karnataka | Southern amanta | Salivahana Saka, Jovian cycle (southern school) | One day after the last new Moon before the Mesha samkranti | Probably southern school for kshaya |
| Kerala | Solar | Kollam Era | Simha samkranti | 1. Kerala rules for beginning of month. 2. Months named after rasis |
| Madhya Pradesh | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Maharashtra | Southern amanta | Salivahana Saka, Jovian cycle (southern school) | One day after the last new Moon before the Mesha samkranti | Probably southern school for kshaya |
| Orissa | Solar | Saka, Vilaayati, Aamli, Bengali San | The Mesha samkranti | |
| Punjab | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Punjab – Nanakshahi | Sidereal; fixed relative to Gregorian calendar | Nanakshahi | 14th March | Uses the traditional names for Punjabi months |
| Rajasthan | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Tamil Nadu | Solar | Kali, Jovian cycle (southern school) | The Mesha samkranti | |
| Tripura | Solar | Kali, Bengali San | Solar day after the Mesha samkranti | Bengali rules for beginning of month |
| Uttaranchal | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Purnimanta | Vikrama Era (Chaitradi) | One day after the last full Moon before the Mesha samkranti | |
| West Bengal | Solar | Kali, Bengali San | Solar day after the Mesha samkranti | Bengali rules for beginning of month |
Note:
- The table is exhaustive neither in terms of calendars nor in terms of states. Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim were left out.
- Chatterjee mentions that the Orissa school for deciding the beginning of the solar month is also used in Punjab and Haryana “where the solar calendar is also used”
Eras
The Indian calendar system follows a wide range of eras, some of historical interest. Also, we do not attempt to link individual calendars to eras, for the same calendar may be reckoned with two different eras in two different places
| Era | Year zero | Beginning of era with respect to individual year |
| Saka | 78 CE | Mesha samkranti, Chaitra S 1 |
| Vikrama | 57 CE | Mesha samkranti, Chaitra S 1, Kartika S 1, Ashadha S 1 |
| Kali | 3101 BCE | Mesha samkranti, Chaitra S 1 |
| Kollam | 824 CE | Kanya samkranti, Simha samkranti |
| Bengali San | 963 + solar years since 1556 CE | Mesha samkranti |
In addition, some regions also name their years according to the names of the Jovian years. Saha and Lahiri point out that there are two schools for this; the southern school names its years in continuous succession, while the northern school names its years corresponding to the present Jovian year
Summary
Here is a picture that summarizes the different Indian calendars.
What is the difference between the Gregorian and the Hindu calendars?
The Gregorian calendar is based upon the solar system and hence it has 365 days. The Hindu calendar is based upon the lunar and solar systems. With the new moon appearing after every 27.1/2 days, the 12 lunar months take 354 days. The difference of 11 days is adjusted every three years when an additional month called adhik-mas is added. The difference between the two calendars explains why the dates of Hindu festivals vary every year. The names of the 12 months are Chaitra, Vaishakh, Jyeshth, Ashadh, Shravan, Bhadrapad (Bhadon), Ashvin, Kartik, Margashirsha (Aahan), Poush, Magh and Phagun. Hindus sometimes use abbreviated forms for some months.
Having earned money through right means, the householder enters the vanaprasthashram. In other words he retires from active life.
Finally, there is the sanyas ashram. Previously people used to leave home and retire to the forest. This is the final cutting off from all worldly ties. But nowadays only a few people follow this.
The four ashrams are meant to regulate life.
What is the Panchang? Why do Hindus consult it to fix dates for auspicious occasions?
Panchang is formed from two Hindu words, Panch and Ang. Panch means five and ang means limbs. Therefore, Panchang means five limbs. Panchang is a book of tables that lists the days of every month along with astronomical data and calculations. On the basis of this data, the days of Hindu festivals are fixed. It also mentions the auspicious days for marriages and special ceremonies.
Astronomers from all over India compile data in the Panchang based on their astronomical readings. Astrologers use it to calculate the position of the planets and make predictions accordingly. Everyone relies upon Brahmin priests to interpret the data and announce auspicious days for special ceremonies.
On 22 march in 1957,the National Calendar based on Saka Samvat adopted;The date of adoption was Chaitra first,1879 Saka along with Gregorian ,
The todays fact is that many Indians live according to two calendars at once, going to work according to the Gregorian & observing rituals and traditional customs according to the Native calendar. In India we increasingly celebrate the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar,
Named after Pope Gregory, who instituted it on 1582, Pope Gregory XII introduced the Gregorian Calendar to replace the Julian Calendar.
This moved New Year's Day from April 1 to January 1. A Calendar has scientific, social and cultural significance. Other than synchronizing activity it is also used in every day life as a marker of seasons. A scientific calendar would both be an accurate predictor of seasons as well as be aligned with the cultural and social aspect of people. Is the Gregorian calendar scientific and appropriate for India, or are we celebrating the wrong New Year’s Day?
2019 in various calendars
Hindu calendars
Vikram Samvat 2075–2076
Shaka Samvat 1940–1941
Kali Yuga 5119–5120
Holocene 12019
Igbo 1019–1020
Iranian 1397–98
Islamic 1440–1441
Japanese Heisei 31
Javanese 1952–53
Juche 108
Julian Gregorian -13 days
Korean 4352
Minguo ROC 108
Unix time 1546300800 – 1577836799
Gregorian 2019
Ab urbe condita 2772
Armenian 1468
Assyrian 6769
Bahá'í 175–176
Balinese saka 1940–194
Bengali 1426
Berber 2969
Buddhist 2563
Burmese 1381
Byzantine 7527–7528
Coptic 1735–1736
Discordian 3185
Ethiopian 2011–12
Hebrew 5779–80
In other words, the systems used by mankind to track, organize and manipulate time have often been arbitrary, uneven and disruptive, especially when designed poorly or foisted upon an unwilling society. The history of calendrical reform has been shaped by the egos of emperors, disputes among churches, the insights of astronomers and mathematicians, and immutable geopolitical realities. Attempts at improvements have sparked political turmoil and commercial chaos, and seemingly rational changes have consistently failed to take root.
All major civilizations follow their own calendar and celebrate their own New Year’s day, The Chinese New Year is a huge social and national celebration of great traditional significance. Similarly Islamic countries mark their calendar from Hijrih New Year per the Muslim Calendar. Israel celebrates Rosh Hashanah marking the beginning of the New year.
Like Aztec calendar get new chart on March 12
Aztec calendar is the count system that was used by the Aztecs as well as other Natives peoples of central Mexico. They also claims one of the most accurate calendars of the world, sharing the basic structure from throughout ancient Mexihco
Actual/Gregorian calendar is a copy of this one📆
Aztec Correlation: August 23rd, 1521 (August 13th Julian) Year: (3-House) Month: (2-Huey Micailhuitl) Day: (1-Serpent) This list of 128-years of the Mexica-Azteca rendition of the Mesoamerican Calendar is based on the Surrender Date of Cuahatemoc to Spanish forces on the date of August 23rd,1532 of the proleptic gregorian calender
Western Countries follow this Gregorian calendar. The New Year in this calendar is first traced to the Roman New Year and then to Pope Gregory’s linking it to the Feast of Circumcision, the eighth day after “Jesus’s Birth.”
Similarly, the years of the Gregorian Calendar are aligned with the belief that the world changed with the advent of Jesus Christ (hence “BC” and “AD” secularized into BCE and ACE now). “Secular” India, as in many other things, follows the Christian calendar as the official one.
Religious beliefs may be what they are, but could we have a scientific basis for a calendar instead? Is this Gregorian/Christian calendar better and more scientific than the Indian ones? Calendars matter as they affect daily life. One noticeable aspect of the Gregorian calendar is that it is a solar calendar that ignores the phases of the moon, unlike the Hindu calendars. The latter are also sidereal, taking into account he position of the sun relative to the stars. How does this matter?
Many years ago Source Sankrant sanu sir was visited a friend Pawan Gupta, in Musoorie. Which moved to the area after his graduation from IIT Kanpur to serve and educate rural people. They recounted many incidents where they ended up learning instead, and one remain stood in their mind.
They noticed that the villagers would align their sowing and harvesting with the festivals according to the Hindu calendar. They dismissed this ad superstition, till they made a remarkable discovery.
The insect lifecycle was also aligned to the “Hindu calendar” since the latter followed lunar months. Insect fertility patterns were perhaps affected by the availability of light or by possible hormonal changes. The lunar calendar aligned harvesting so that it would take place right before the big crop of insects would appear. This allowed cultivation with less pesticide use. Many scientific studies have now begun to trace tracing the effects of the lunar cycle on plants, animals and possibly even humans.
Vikram Samvat is often associated with Raja Vikramaditya and it is believed that this calendar follows his victory over the Saka in 56 B.C, Saka Samvat is believed to be based on the celebration that took place at the time of crowning Shalivahan king in the 78 AD. Shaka and Vikram Calendar simplified
The Calendar also is a predictor of seasons. In India, which remains primarily agricultural, the correct prediction of the monsoon rains is of utmost importance. As the brilliant mathematician C K Raju points out, the Gregorian Calendar may also be failing us in this regard.
Mandatory link of the brilliant lecture by Prof CK Raju on how flawed & utterly unscientific the gregorian calendar is.
Everyone must take some time off to listen to the entire lecture. Especially today.
Its very important to know what we once were.
Often times we say the monsoon is “early” or “late” according to the Gregorian calendar, but the Indian calendar systems may be predicting the seasons more accurately. The Indian calendar uses the sidereal system, which also tracks the position of the sun relative to the stars, not just the position of the earth with respect to the sun. He notes, in “Could India’s “Failed” Monsoon Have Been Predicted by the Right Calendar?” using a particular example:
“At any rate, the monsoons have arrived on time according to the Indian calendar, since Rakhi too was “very late” this time, and the current month is still Srâvana. (The calendar we are talking about was calibrated for Ujjain, about 150 km from Bhopal.)
The monsoons, however, are delayed by a month according to the Gregorian calendar: or, to put it differently, the Gregorian calendar has given the time of the monsoons in a grossly incorrect way. If the monsoons depend only on the tropical year, then, because of the difference between the tropical and the sidereal year, it is the Indian calendar that ought to have been out of phase by three weeks (around 21 days).”
He hypothesizes that this may indeed by relating to the accuracy of India’s sidereal Calendar, advocating further scientific study of this phenomenon:
“The monsoons, thus, depend also upon the Coriolis force. The Coriolis force is an inertial force. The only possible inertial frame being a frame fixed relative to the distant stars, the Coriolis force hence relates to the sidereal motion of the earth. Thus it might be that the monsoons relate also to the sidereal year.’
It is worth noting that the Gregorian calendar itself is an attempt to fix up the earlier Christian calendar, which was the Julian calendar. As a result of these errors, the Europeans were having severe problems in navigation and the Pope dispatched a team of Jesuits to India to learn the Calendar Systems. (This also related to the transmission of the differential Calculus from India to Europe that Raju has documented elsewhere).
But, as is often the case in copying, the Gregorian calendar does not appear to have reached the accuracy of the original Indian calendar in its scientific predictive abilities.
Yes, we persist with the Christian Gregorian Calendar as “modern” and scientific without much analysis or debate. This calendar is neither scientific nor culturally attuned to our festivals and celebrations. Excluding the moon, it also excludes our relationship to the feminine aspect of nature, much as Christianity denied the feminine. Female menstrual cycles also have been found to have a relation with the moon in recent scientific studies.
Our dissociation with the lunar cycles is also a dissociation from nature in secular modernity, itself an outgrowth of Christian theology. It is time to move from a religiously-based patriarchal Gregorian calendar to a truly modern and scientific one, not one based on “Jesus” but on cosmic events of scientific significance. For India the Gregorian calendar is neither culturally nor scientifically relevant, and neither is its associated “New Year’s Day”.
Nowdays People going to temples because of 31st december midnights reminds me of a late 19th century cartoon which ridicules a neo-age Sarkari Babu who wears coat over Dhoti !
Here is the cartoon. Sorry for the low quality.
The "modern" Gregorian calendar was copied from Indian jyotish, but is severely flawed. The Indian calendar is far more scientific. But there is no chance slave-India will take an initiative to change it till White people produce a new one.
A secular professor is making sure any new proposed Calendar would keep Sabbath so ecclesiastical (Church) interests would agree.
India walks all over Hindu traditions by using a flawed Christian calendar. That's called "secular" in India. Hindu Calendar would be "communal."
Reminded of “मन्त्रो हीन: स्वरतो वर्णतो वा मिथ्याप्रयुक्तो न तमर्थमाह” etc.
For the Namajvadi Party guys used to hoisting banners in Urdu, it’s easy to make a द् into a म् and not even spot it. पर क्या कहे लड़कों से गलतियां हो जाती है
For the Namajvadi Party guys used to hoisting banners in Urdu, it’s easy to make a द् into a म् and not even spot it. पर क्या कहे लड़कों से गलतियां हो जाती है
You all be drinking and dancing tonight but Hindus from Kerala will be fighting for their Dharma regardless age, gender & social status. The Land of Adi Shankracharya has truly awaken for Hindu Renaissance.
why the new year is celebrated on January 1? In January (11th month Roman Calendar) the consuls of Ancient Rome assumed the government.
Some claims as Livy writes, "And, first of all, [Numa] divides the year into twelve months, according to the course of the moon; and because the moon does not make up thirty days ... he so portioned it out by inserting intercalary months" The footnote is interesting too https://t.co/Seypw3mnlw
As it claims it was the semi-legendary 2nd King of Rome, Numa who made the 12 month year. Caesar did establish a solar calendar which ended the intercalary months. https://t.co/eJsPQdEzjd
Some claims Julius Caesar in 47 a. C., created the Julian calendar. December" gets its name from the Latin word "decem", meaning "ten", because it was originally the tenth month of the Roman calendar! The calendar was missing January and February until Julius Caesar reformed the system around 45BC!
January was dedicated to Janus, God of the beginnings with 2 faces, one that looks forward and one that looks back. Great Britain and its colonies adopted Gregorian Calendar in 1752 with George III.
Some claims as Livy writes, "And, first of all, [Numa] divides the year into twelve months, according to the course of the moon; and because the moon does not make up thirty days ... he so portioned it out by inserting intercalary months" The footnote is interesting too https://t.co/Seypw3mnlw
As it claims it was the semi-legendary 2nd King of Rome, Numa who made the 12 month year. Caesar did establish a solar calendar which ended the intercalary months. https://t.co/eJsPQdEzjd
Some claims Julius Caesar in 47 a. C., created the Julian calendar. December" gets its name from the Latin word "decem", meaning "ten", because it was originally the tenth month of the Roman calendar! The calendar was missing January and February until Julius Caesar reformed the system around 45BC!
January was dedicated to Janus, God of the beginnings with 2 faces, one that looks forward and one that looks back. Great Britain and its colonies adopted Gregorian Calendar in 1752 with George III.
So from here comes a Happy New Vatican Pope Gregorian Calender Chart of the Gregorian Calendar on
January 1. An annually recurring day that carries no scientific significance whatsoever.
Roman Coin: The god Janus, looking forward & backwards, after whom the month of January was named. 
to all who calculate time using the Gregorian Calendar. By the way, January 1st is Scientifically & Astronomically insignificant.....
Jokes apart
(Originally, the solar calendar (Gregorian) follows lunar calendar ,not the opposite),
In order for the lunar calendar to be consistent with the Gregorian calendar, the International Date Line must oscillate, eastward, to the longitude of 140 West, we add one day to this area, from 180 to 140 West (40 degrees corresponds to two hours and 40 mn)
(Originally, the solar calendar (Gregorian) follows lunar calendar ,not the opposite),
In order for the lunar calendar to be consistent with the Gregorian calendar, the International Date Line must oscillate, eastward, to the longitude of 140 West, we add one day to this area, from 180 to 140 West (40 degrees corresponds to two hours and 40 mn)
Since the earth is spherical, Spin around itself, and almost, the lunar month is 29 days and half day,
Mathematically and physically, it is impossible to see
The new moon, always, the same (day), for the whole earth.
Actually, units of time are constructs which we utilize in order to discern the mystery of the cosmos, both the Gregorian calendar and concept of years are arbitrary, bearing no cosmological or scienfitic significance whatsoever
The Julian calendar was abolished because it did not reflect the length of a year on Earth accurately. Today's Gregorian calendar does a better job, but is there such a thing as a perfect calendar?
A Year is Not 365 Days Long
For example
In 1908 the Russian Olympic team arrived at the London Olympics 12 days late because it was still using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar
Same was the chaos When England adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, some 170 years after it was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, Benjamin Franklin wrote, "It is pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on Sept. 2, and not have to get up until Sept. 14." Indeed, nearly two weeks evaporated into thin air in England when it transitioned from the Julian calendar, which had left the country 11 days behind much of Europe. . Such calendrical acrobatics are not unusual. The year 46 B.C., a year before Julius Caesar implemented his namesake system, lasted 445 days and later became known as the "final year of confusion."
As a result, there was rioting and chants of protest, "Give us our 11 days" by people who felt their lives were shortened.
Yet, V celebrate it in each time zone, one after another, 24 times!
The real new year begins during the Spring Equinox.
How can there be a new anything when everything dies during the Winter?
How do the neo-serfs celebrate the end of another Gregorian calendar year?
With a naked assault on Hinduism, regurgitating the racist, anti-Semitic literature of their European masters.
The mentally enslaved end the year on a high. 👏👏
Why are English Elite so keen on celebrating Gregorian Calendar year, blocking roads, crowding beaches, getting drunk?
Many ordinary people follow this style of celebrations. Does this not burn millions? Can't this be spent on Charitable activity?
The history of calendrical reform has been shaped by the egos of emperors, disputes among churches, the insights of astronomers and mathematicians, and immutable geopolitical realities.
Gregorian Calendar was established by vatican 'Pope' Gregory XIII in October 1582, which in turn was nothing but appropriation of Julian calendar.
We have to unwillingly use this calender due to colonial submission legacy, otherwise we have no interest in it whatsoever.
plz do wish me HappyNewYear, but dnt feel bad for our objections regarding its emptiness(*****)
संवत आवै हर साल मुला, हैपी निउइयर मनाइत है,जग जाहिर संस्कृति भारत कै, मुल हम वहिका दुरियाइत है।अंगरेजी के गुन गाई हम, निज भाषा से परहेज करी,अंगरेज चले गें भारत से,हम उनकै चाटा खाइत है ।।
Dinkar ji’s poem नववर्ष describes it beautifully,our dharma-does not condemn such desert cult hollow celebrations to push d world away but make ChaitraShukla as d bigger new yr. To make an existing line smaller,draw a bigger line parallel to it- to show courtesy,humility towards great heritage..
Well I don't have any Prob to wish Britishers or Gregorian Followers or to Celebrate Their New Year.
The point is what impact does mere crossovernight have in the overall performance of one's life in a year?
Gregorian Calendar is widely being used in India too just becz to be Align by Universally.
We can be a Part of their Celebration but can't adapt their Culture.
Because we have my Own One, which is more Rich.
We are just a Part of their Celebrations of their Culture.
So Yeah, Happy New Year to all Britishers or Gregorian Followers who are illegally Living in India in the name or label of Hindus.
Wishing Hindus too, because nothing wrong to be a Part of their Celebrations, to Respect and To Wish.
Mostly Muslims dont even celebrate this 1 Jan as their New Year because they Follow their Own Culture Calendar.
So Wishing those Muslims too who dont have prob to Celebrate.
These Liberals/Britishers/Romans will now Bark saying that this Sanghi People's nd blah blah now finding Religion in New Year Too.
But u know what we Dont Care.
We Respect others Rituals and Celebrations but Follow Our Own.
Once Again Happy Vatican Pope George New Year to all
Libtards/Urban Naxals/Britishers/Romans/DhimmiHindus/Muslims/Etc.
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