Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika was first published in 1297 Bengali year (1890 AD). Madhab Chandra Chattopadhyay of the then Bengal of undivided India was the first editor. The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal (divided between India and Bangladesh) on the Indian subcontinent with a history dating back four millennia. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ...

Why a new almanac?

The 19th century Bengali almanacs though gave details of tithi, vara, nakshatra etc. were generally not in conformity with the actual position of planets in the sky. A true panjika has to tally with the scientific observation. To meet this end, prominent astrolgers of that time viz., almanac reformist of Orissa Mahamahopadhyay Chandrashekhar Sinha Samanta, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Pune, Western India, Scriptural scholars like Bapudev Shastri and Ketkar, experts like Kashi Madan Mohan Malaviya, Mahamahopadhyay Maheshchandra Nyayaratna, Sasadhar Tarkachudamani, Acharya Yogesh Chandra Roy Vidyanidhi of Bengal advised the publication of Vishuddha Siddhanta Almanac. Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit. ... In vedic timekeeping, a tithi (also spelled thithi) is a lunar day, or the time it takes for the longitudinal angle between the moon and the sun to increase by 12°. Tithis begin at varying times of day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to approximately 26 hours. ... Vara is an old Spanish and Portuguese unit of length. ... A nakshatra (Devanagari: नक्षत्र) or lunar mansion is one of the 27 or 28 divisions of the sky, identified by the prominent star(s) in them, that the Moon passes through during its monthly cycle, as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology. ... A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planetes or wanderers) is a body of considerable mass that orbits a star and that produces very little or no energy through nuclear fusion. ... Orissa   (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଶା), is a state situated on the east coast of India. ... Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856 - 1920), was an Indian nationalist, social reformer and freedom fighter who was the first popular leader of the Indian Independence Movement. ... Pune (Marathi: पुणे), is a city located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. ... Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya was a national leader and a freedom fighter of India. ... An acharya (आचार्य) is a prominent guru, teacher and scholar who teaches by his own example (from Sanskrit achara, behavior). ...

Approval and adoption

Vishuddha Siddhanta Almanac is recognized by scholars of scriptures such as Deshikottama Dr Srijiv Nyayaratna, Mathematics scholar Nirmal Chandra Lahiri, internationally known scientist Prof Meghnad Saha, et al. Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... Meghnad Saha (मेघनाथ साहा) (October 6, 1893 – February 16, 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist. ...

This almanac is approved and followed by Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi matha, Sri Tarakeshwar Math, world-wide Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Satsanga Ashrama of Deoghar and Other religious organisations. Sri Adi Sankara Shri Shankaracharya, Adhi Shankaracharya, or Adi Shankara (the first Shankara in his lineage), reverentially called Bhagavatpada Acharya (the teacher at the feet of Lord), Shankara (approximately 509- 477 BC) [1] was the most famous Advaita philosopher who had a profound influence on the growth of Hinduism through... Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal (born July 18, 1935 as Subramanyam Mahadeva Iyer) is the 69th Acharya (guru of the Kanchi matha). ... The Kanchi matha is known formally as Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. ... Monastic Order for Men Ramakrishna Math consists of monks (Sannyasins and Brahmacharins) belonging to a monastic order for men. ... The Ramakrishna Mission Emblem The Ramakrishna Mission is an association founded by Sri Ramakrishnas chief disciple and religious leader, Swami Vivekananda on May 1, 1897. ... Deoghar is the headquarter of Deoghar District of Jharkhand state, India. ...

Rashtriya panchang

The very fact that the calculations of the almanac are fully done with the help of computers show the accuracy of the renderings and therefore the timing of the puja and parvan for different occasions also are free from any mistake. Hence the Indian national calendar (Rashtriya Panchang) published by the Government of India fully tallies with the almanac. A puja as performed in Ujjain during the Monsoon on the banks of the overflowing river Shipra. ... Parvan may refer to: Vasile Parvan Parvan Province This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of India. ...

What it contains

Vishuddha siddhanta panjika provides articles on astrology and astronomy; besides, annual predictions for the nation on a variety of subjects ranging from agriculture to politics, predictions on individual lagnas, and annual predictions on the basis of birth-stars. There are other regular sections like vedic months and dates from the Indian national calendar. Hand-coloured version of the anonymous Flammarion woodcut. ... A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant Astronomy is the science of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earths atmosphere (such as auroras and cosmic background radiation). ... Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... Vedic may refer to: Ancient India the Vedic civilization the Vedas, the oldest preserved Indo-Aryan texts Vedic Sanskrit, their language (see also Vedic meter, Vedic accent, Vedic chant and Shrauta) the historical Vedic religion traditional Hindu culture: Vedic astrology the Ayurveda (Vedic medicine) Ancient Vedic weights and measures modern... The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. ...

Daily declination of the Sun, equation of time, sidereal time, planetary aspects, correct times of the eclipses, rising and setting times of the moon in different places, rising and setting times of the sun in Kolkata and seven other cities, monthly description of the night sky and locations of the stars and planets with explanatory sky maps are also given. The dates of the main celebrations for the coming year are mentioned. An important addition is the dates of birth & passing away of many savants and saints of India irrespective of denominational adherence. The orbital period is the time it takes a planet (or another object) to make one full orbit. ... This article discusses astronomical eclipses. ...   (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly  ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... For alternate meanings see star (disambiguation) Hundreds of stars are visible in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the Sagittarius Star Cloud in the Milky Way Galaxy. ... A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planetes or wanderers) is a body of considerable mass that orbits a star and that produces very little or no energy through nuclear fusion. ...

See also

• Panjika