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  2. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    Of the various regional calendars, the most studied and known Hindu calendars are the Shalivahana Shaka (Based on the King Shalivahana, also the Indian national calendar) found in the Deccan region of Southern India and the Vikram Samvat (Bikrami) found in Nepal and the North and Central regions of India – both of which emphasize the lunar ...

  3. Jayant Salgaonkar - Wikipedia

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    Salgaonkar completed tenth grade. He had a keen interest in astrology from childhood. He wrote Kalnirnay in 1973, selling over 10 million copies in nine languages. [citation needed] Kalnirnay is a yearly almanac of all religions containing details of auspicious dates, festivals and celebrations of Farsi, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindu and others. [2]

  4. List of newspapers in India by circulation - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: Various cities in Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal: 2.872 Neutral Publishing House Ltd. 19 Bartaman: Bengali: West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India 2.750 Bartaman Pvt. Ltd 20 Divya Bhaskar: Gujarati: Various cities in Gujarat: 2.679 D B Corp Ltd. 21 Pudhari: Marathi: Various cities in Maharashtra ...

  5. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu calendar is lunisolar but most festival dates are specified using the lunar portion of the calendar. A lunar day is uniquely identified by three calendar elements: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (lunar fortnight) and tithi (lunar day). Furthermore, when specifying the masa, one of two traditions are applicable, viz. amānta ...

  6. Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu calendar is based on a geocentric model of the Solar System. [1] A geocentric model describes the Solar System as seen by an observer on the surface of the Earth. The Hindu calendar defines nine measures of time (Sanskrit: मान IAST: māna): [2] brāhma māna; divya māna; pitraya māna; prājāpatya māna; guror māna; saura ...

  7. 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.

  8. Dainik Bhaskar - Wikipedia

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    Dainik Bhaskar (lit. ' The Daily Sun ' ) is a Hindi -language daily newspaper in India which is owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group . [ 2 ] According to the World Association of Newspapers , it ranked fourth in the world by circulation in 2016 and per the Indian Audit Bureau of Circulations was the largest newspaper in India by circulation as of ...

  9. Hindu astrology - Wikipedia

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    The Jyotisha text Brahma-siddhanta, probably composed in the 5th century CE, discusses how to use the movement of planets, sun and moon to keep time and calendar. [44] This text also lists trigonometry and mathematical formulae to support its theory of orbits, predict planetary positions and calculate relative mean positions of celestial nodes ...