The Vedic calendar is called Pancanga. The word Pancanga indicates that the calendar consists of five parts, or tells about five elements. These elements are vara (the day of the week), tithi (the lunar day, or phase of the moon), karana (half a tithi), naksatra (the position of the moon in the zodiac), and yoga (a measurement derived from the positions of the sun and
moon). For normal use of the calendar, one need not understand all these elements.
The lunar month marks the time from one
full moon to the next. The lunar month is divided into 30 parts,called lunar days, or tithis. The tithis are simply the different phases of the moon. Thus the first tithi starts at the moment when the moon is full -- that is, when the angle between the moon and the sun is 180 degrees and it continues until the angle has increased 12 degrees. Then 15 more tithis gradually pass, and the moon again becomes full. When 30 tithis have thus passed, the month ends.
This calender is for year 2013-2014
Details
- Publication Date
- Oct 1, 2011
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781300583257
- Category
- Reference
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Vasu K Brown
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