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  2. Rāhukāla - Wikipedia

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    'period of Rahu') or rāhukālam (Sanskrit: राहुकालम्, romanized: Rāhukālaṃ) is an inauspicious period of the day, [1] not considered favourable to start any good deed. The rāhukāla spans for approximately 90 minutes every day between sunrise and sunset.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Buddhist calendar and the traditional lunisolar calendars of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand are also based on an older version of the Hindu calendar. Similarly, the ancient Jain traditions have followed the same lunisolar system as the Hindu calendar for festivals, texts and inscriptions.

  5. 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.

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  7. Tamil calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Manimekalai alludes to this very same Hindu solar calendar as we know it today [10] Adiyarkunalaar, an early medieval commentator or Urai-asiriyar mentions the twelve months of the Tamil calendar with particular reference to Chittirai i.e. mid-April. There were subsequent inscriptional references in Pagan, Burma dated to the 11th century CE ...

  8. Hinduism in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lankan Hindus Hindu temple festival in Colombo in 1900s. Total population 2,561,299 (2012) 12.6% of its total population Religions Hinduism Shaivism (majority) Vaishnavism and Shaktism (minority) Scriptures Ramayana and Vedas Languages Old Tamil and Sanskrit (sacred) Tamil (majority) and Sinhala (minority) Hinduism by country Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi ...

  9. Kingdom of Polonnaruwa - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Age of Sculpture in Sri Lanka - Masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu Bronzes from Museums in Sri Lanka, [catalogue of the exhibition held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D. C., 1 November 1992 – 26 September 1993]. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications, Ltd. ISBN 962-7049-06-9; Yapa (2010). Sri Lanka. Imgram Publications.