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Mysterious Divine Butweare Justanotherprettysmartancientcivilization Thatsit!
Supernatural
Whytheyneededacalendar?
Food Growcrops Predictweather Weathersynchronouscalendar
Fact: Indiansobservedthattimeperiodofsunspositionw.r.t.starsis equaltotimeperiodofweather
UnitstorepresentCalendar!
Letsseewhatnaturaltimeperiodstheyhad.
Solarday(1day) Problem:
Timeunitscanonlyhaveintegerratiobutabovetimeperiodsarerealnumbers
Solution:
Usevariablelengthsfortimeunits.
Example:YearlengthinGregoriancalendar(365/366days).
Panchang:Day/Month/Year
Goal:
Trick: Incrementonlywhenyouobserveaneventinsky.
(NotthewaywedoinGregoriancalendar)
Day
Sunrisetosunrise Dayhasanameaccordingtomoonsphaseatthetimeofsunrise.
Twoweeksinamonthof14/15dayseach:
Brightweek Darkweek
Amonth=29/30days
Months
Thereisasequenceof12namesformonths. Eachmonthisgivenaname
Onenamingcycleisayear.
Fact: Thesemonthnamesareoriginallythenamesof12stars(Nakshtras).
Somedetailsaboutoursky(1)
CelestialSphere
Somedetailsaboutoursky(2)
NamingofMonths
Cancer
Leo
NamingofMonths
Amonthnameisassociatedwitheachtransitionpoint.
NamingofMonths
Amonthnameisassociatedwitheachtransitionpoint.
Year
Namingofmonth
Complicatedcalendar!!
Reference
AncientIndianAstronomy,S.BalachandraRao. IndianMathematics&Astronomy,Rao,S.Balachandra
Sawal??