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The Tamil calendar (தமிழ் நாட்காட்டி) is a sidereal solar calendar used by the Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. [1][2] It is also used in Puducherry, and by the Tamil population in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar and Mauritius. It is used in contemporary times for cultural, religious and ...
Pambu Panchangam. Pambu Panchangam (Tamil: பாம்பு பஞ்சாங்கம், Pāmpu Pañcāṅkam, IPA: [ˈpaːmbɨ ˌpɐn̻ʲt͡ʃaŋɡɐm]) is the name of a Tamil calendar published by Manonmani Vilasam Press in Chennai since 1883. [1] The publisher's title for the almanac for the Tamil year 2012–2013 is Asal No. 28 ...
Cover image of Pambu Panchangam. Here are some examples of Vākyapañcāṅga-s: M. S. Pachiappa Mudaliar, 28 No. Pambu Sudhha Vakya Panchangam; K. N. Narayanamoorthy Arcot Seetharama Iyer Panchangam ; Ramanathapuram Vakiya Tamil Panchangam; N. R. Mahalingam Sivasakthi Panchangam, K. V. Kuppuswamy Hanuman Panchangam,
It is sometimes spelled Panchāngamu, Pancanga, Panchanga, Panchaanga, or Panchānga, and is often pronounced Panchāng. Panchangas are used in Jyotisha (Jyotiṣa) (Indian astrology). [1] In Nepal and Eastern India, including Assam, Bengal and Odisha, the Panchangam is referred to as Panjika, and in the Mithila region, it is known as Maithili ...
A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes. They adopt a similar underlying concept ...
A samvatsara is defined in Indian calendars as the time Brihaspati (Jupiter) takes to transit from one sign of the Hindu zodiac (i.e. rashi) to the next relative to its mean motion. [3] The ancient text Surya Siddhanta calculates a samvatsara to be about 361 days, marginally short of a solar year. [3] Hence, one complete orbit of Jupiter ...
Puthandu (Tamil: புத்தாண்டு, romanized: Puttāṇṭu, lit. 'new year'), also known as Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar that is traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamils. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the solar Hindu calendar, as the first day of the month of Chittirai.
The Tamil calendar is a sidereal solar calendar. [209] The Tamil Panchangam is based on the same and is generally used in contemporary times to check auspicious times for cultural and religious events. [210] The calendar follows a 60-year cycle. [211]