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  2. Drigganita - Wikipedia

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    Drigganita (दृग्गणित; IAST: dṛggaṇita, from dṛk-gaṇita, "sight-calculation"), also called the Drik system, [1] is a system of astronomical computations followed by several traditional astronomers, astrologers and almanac makers in India. In this system the computations are performed using certain basic constants derived ...

  3. Uttarayana - Wikipedia

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    Then Makara Sankranti would mark the beginning of Dakshinayana. However Makara Sankranti still holds importance in Hindu rituals. All Drika Panchanga makers like mypanchang.com, datepanchang, janmabhumi panchang, rashtriya panchang [4] and Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika use the position of the tropical Sun to determine Uttarayana and Dakshinayana. [5]

  4. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The time taken by the Sun to transit through a rāśi is a solar month whose name is identical to the name of the rāśi. In practice, solar months are mostly referred as rāśi (not months). The solar months are named differently in different regional calendars.

  5. Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika - Wikipedia

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    Hence the Indian national calendar (Rashtriya Panchang) published by the Government of India fully tallies with the almanac. However, the traditional school also has its validity. Jyotish Shastra is not astronomy, and it is based on the words of Parashara, Garga, Mantreshwara who never used computers or western astronomy. Further, the planetary ...

  6. Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    A pakṣa (Sanskrit: पक्ष) is the time taken by the Moon to move from a new moon to a full moon and vice versa. The waxing phase of the moon is known as the bright side (Sanskrit: शुक्ल पक्ष, romanized: śukla pakṣa) and the waning phase is known as the dark side (Sanskrit: कृष्ण पक्ष, romanized: kṛṣṇa pakṣa).

  7. Hindu astrology - Wikipedia

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    This period of interaction is called gochara (Sanskrit: gochara, 'transit'). [66]: 227 The study of transits is based on the transit of the Moon (Chandra), which spans roughly two days, and also on the movement of Mercury (Budha) and Venus (Śukra) across the celestial sphere, which is relatively fast as viewed from Earth.

  8. 2024 in rail transport - Wikipedia

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    – Line 6 of Changchun Rail Transit opens between Shuangfeng and Changchun Movie Wonderland. [42] – Line M1 of Bursaray extends from Emek to Geçit-Balat. [43] March 29 – New line of the Dnipro City Express opens between Dnipro and Synelnykove. [44] March 30 – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Suseo and Dongtan. [45]

  9. Panchangam - Wikipedia

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    Panchaanga in Kannada Tamil Vakya Panchangam. A panchāngam (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्गम्; IAST: pañcāṅgam) is a Hindu calendar and almanac, which follows traditional units of Hindu timekeeping, and presents important dates and their calculations in a tabulated form.