presents Indic Calendar Sri Vilambi Year Vikram Samvat 2075 14 April 2018 to 13 April 2019 Designed as per Drik Panchangam Chitra Masa Sri Vilambi Year, Kaliyugam 5119 anaadi.org INDIC CALENDAR FACTS CHITRA MASAM / 14 APRIL T0 14 MAY 2018 What is panchanga? Ravi Vara Soma Vara Mangal Vara Bhuda Vara Guru Vara Shukra Vara Shani Vara A panchānga is an Indic calendar which follows traditional units of Hindu timekeeping and presents APR 14 important dates and their 1 calculations in a tabulated form. PUTHANDU The texts of Surya Siddhanta and Grahalaghava form the basis for APR 15 2 APR 16 3 APR 17 4 APR 18 5 APR 19 6 APR 20 7 APR 21 8 the myriad calendars or Panchāngas in the past in different AKSHAYA THRITIYAI SANKARA JAYANTHI RAMANUJA JAYANTHI regions of the country. This calender follows the Tamil Drik APR 22 9 APR 23 10 APR 24 11 APR 25 12 APR 26 13 APR 27 14 APR 28 15 Panchanga. Panchanga means 5 limbs of time and constititues 5 key measures of APR 29 16 APR 30 17 MAY 1 18 MAY 2 19 MAY 03 20 MAY 04 21 MAY 05 22 time keeping viz. Tithi, Nakshatra, Vara, Yoga and Karana CHITRA POURNAMI MAY 06 23 MAY 07 24 MAY 08 25 MAY 09 26 MAY 10 27 MAY 11 28 MAY 12 29 Chathurthi Sashti Shivaratri MAY 13 30 MAY 14 31 Ashtami Navami Amavasya Pournami Krishna Paksha (Grey) Ekadesi Vaikasi Masa Sri Vilambi Year, Kaliyugam 5119 anaadi.org INDIC CALENDAR FACTS VAIKASI MASAM / 15 MAY T0 14 JUNE 2018 What is rashi Ravi Vara Soma Vara Mangal Vara Bhuda Vara Guru Vara Shukra Vara Shani Vara chakra? MAY 15 1 MAY 16 2 MAY 17 3 MAY 18 4 MAY 19 5 Rashi Chakra constitutes the constellations that fall on the MASIK KARTHIGAI sun's path or ecliptic as observed MAY 20 MAY 21 MAY 22 MAY 23 MAY 24 MAY 25 MAY 26 from earth. This comes from the 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 sidereal system where a celestial sphere with many far stars and constellations is considered fixed. MAY 27 MAY 28 MAY 29 MAY 30 MAY 31 JUN 01 JUN 02 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 When observed from earth through out a year, on the backdrop of the sun a constellation JUN 03 20 JUN 04 21 JUN 05 22 JUN 06 23 JUN 07 24 JUN 08 25 JUN 09 26 is present. There are 12 such constellation and they form the VAIKASI VISHAKAM rashi chakra. JUN 10 27 JUN 11 28 JUN 12 29 JUN 13 30 JUN 14 31 Chathurthi Sashti Shivaratri Ashtami Navami Amavasya Pournami Krishna Paksha (Grey) Ekadesi Aani Masa Sri Vilambi Year, Kaliyugam 5119 anaadi.org INDIC CALENDAR FACTS AANI MASAM / 15 JUNE T0 16 JULY 2018 What is varsha? Ravi Vara Soma Vara Mangal Vara Bhuda Vara Guru Vara Shukra Vara Shani Vara Varsha or the year is the solar calendar of year and months, JUN 15 JUN 16 which starts with Sun entering 1 2 Aries (Mesha Rasi) and completing a full circle of the 12 zodiacal signs in a period of 12 months. JUN 17 3 JUN 18 4 JUN 19 5 JUN 20 6 JUN 21 7 JUN 22 8 JUN 23 9 Hence the Rashi Chakra has 12 constellations with each JUN 24 JUN 25 JUN 26 JUN 27 JUN 28 JUN 29 JUN 30 constellations covered by the sun 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 when observed from the earth in an Indian month or masa's time. The rasis are: mesha, vrishabha, JUL 01 17 JUL 02 18 JUL 03 19 JUL 04 20 JUL 05 21 JUL 06 22 JUL 07 23 mithuna, karka, simha, kanya, tula, vrischika, dhanusha, makara, kumbha and meena JUL 08 24 JUL 09 25 JUL 10 26 JUL 11 27 JUL 12 28 JUL 13 29 JUL 14 30 Chathurthi Sashti Shivaratri SURYA GRAHANA JUL 15 JUL 16 Ashtami Navami Amavasya Pournami 31 32 KARKA SANKRANTI Krishna Paksha (Grey) Ekadesi Aadi Masa Sri Vilambi Year, Kaliyugam 5119 anaadi.org INDIC CALENDAR FACTS AADI MASAM / 17 JULY T0 16 AUGUST 2018 What is tithi? Ravi Vara Soma Vara Mangal Vara Bhuda Vara Guru Vara Shukra Vara Shani Vara Tithi indicates a lunar day. It is the time measure taken for 12 degrees JUL 17 JUL 18 JUL 19 JUL 20 JUL 21 movement of Moon with respect to 1 2 3 4 5 Sun. Krishna Paksha (waning phase) and Shukla Paksha (waxing JUL 22 6 JUL 23 7 JUL 24 8 JUL 25 9 JUL 26 10 JUL 27 11 JUL 28 12 phase) makes a lunar month. CHANDRA GRAHANA Each Paksha has the following tithis: JUL 29 13 JUL 30 14 JUL 31 15 AUG 01 16 AUG 02 17 AUG 03 18 AUG 04 19 amavasya/pournami, prathamai, dwithiyai, trithiyai, AADI PERUKKU chathurthi, panchami, AUG 05 AUG 06 AUG 07 AUG 08 AUG 09 AUG 10 AUG 11 sashti, sapthami, ashtami, 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 navami, dasami, ekadasi, SURYA GRAHANA dwadasi, triodasi and chathurdasi AUG 12 27 AUG 13 28 AUG 14 29 AUG 15 30 AUG 16 31 Chathurthi Sashti Shivaratri Ashtami Navami Amavasya Pournami Krishna Paksha (Grey) Ekadesi Aavani Masa Sri Vilambi Year, Kaliyugam 5119 anaadi.org INDIC CALENDAR FACTS AAVANI MASAM / 17 AUGUST T0 16 SEPTEMBER 2018 What is nakshatra? Ravi Vara Soma Vara Mangal Vara Bhuda Vara Guru Vara Shukra Vara Shani Vara Nakshatras are divisions of the ecliptic, each 13° 20', starting from AUG 17 AUG 18 0° Aries. There are 27 nakshatras 1 2 representing 27 sectors of the ecliptic. Their names are related to the most prominent asterisms in AUG 19 3 AUG 20 4 AUG 21 5 AUG 22 6 AUG 23 7 AUG 24 8 AUG 25 9 the respective sectors. Each nakshatra is inturn divided into quarters called padas covering AUG 26 AUG 27 AUG 28 AUG 29 AUG 30 AUG 31 SEP 01 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3° 20' and each rashi has 9 padas. MAHA SANKATAHARA CHATHURTHU The classical list of 27 nakshatras is first found in the Vedanga SEP 02 SEP 03 SEP 04 SEP 05 SEP 06 SEP 07 SEP 08 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Jyotisha, a text dated to the 600- 700 BCE. GOKULASHTAMI SEP 09 24 SEP 10 25 SEP 11 26 SEP 12 27 SEP 13 28 SEP 14 29 SEP 15 30 VINAYAGA Chathurthi Sashti Shivaratri CHATHURTHI SEP 16 Ashtami Navami Amavasya Pournami 31 Krishna Paksha (Grey) Ekadesi Purattaasi Masa Sri Vilambi Year, Kaliyugam 5119 anaadi.org INDIC CALENDAR FACTS PURATTAASI MASAM / 17 SEPTEMBER T0 17 OCTOBER 2018 What is yoga? Ravi Vara Soma Vara Mangal Vara Bhuda Vara Guru Vara Shukra Vara Shani Vara The Sanskrit word Yoga means "union, joining, attachment", but SEP 17 1 SEP 18 2 SEP 19 3 SEP 20 4 SEP 21 5 SEP 22 6 in astronomical context, this word means latitudinal and longitudinal information. SEP 23 7 SEP 24 8 SEP 25 9 SEP 26 10 SEP 27 11 SEP 28 12 SEP 29 13 The celestial longitude of the sun and the celestial longitude of the moon are added, and normalised SEP 30 14 OCT 01 15 OCT 02 16 OCT 03 17 OCT 04 18 OCT 05 19 OCT 06 20 to a value ranging between 0° to 360°. This sum is divided into 27 parts. Each part will now equal OCT 07 OCT 08 OCT 09 OCT 10 OCT 11 OCT 12 OCT 13 800' . These parts are called the 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 yogas. MAHALAYA AMMAVASYA NAVARATRI OCT 14 28 OCT 15 29 OCT 16 30 OCT 17 31 Chathurthi Sashti Shivaratri Ashtami Navami Amavasya Pournami Krishna Paksha (Grey) Ekadesi Aippasi Masa Sri Vilambi Year, Kaliyugam 5119 anaadi.org INDIC CALENDAR FACTS AIPPASI MASAM / 18 OCTOBER T0 16 NOVEMBER 2018 Why some Indian festivals fall on different dates every Ravi Vara Soma Vara Mangal Vara Bhuda Vara Guru Vara Shukra Vara Shani Vara year? OCT 18 OCT 19 OCT 20 As this Indic calendar shows, the 1 2 3 bharathiya tradition has evolved a SARASWATI POOJA VIJAYA DASAMI luni-solar calendar. We have lunar based, solar based and luni-solar OCT 21 OCT 22 OCT 23 OCT 24 OCT 25 OCT 26 OCT 27 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 based timekeeping for festivals. For example, Deepavali or Diwali or Naraka Chaturdasi is celebrated OCT 28 OCT 29 OCT 30 OCT 31 NOV 01 NOV 02 NOV 03 on the Chaturdasi that falls on the 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Krishna Paksha of Aippasi (Ashweja or Ashwina) Masa. Where as Makara Sankranti or Pongal only NOV 04 NOV 05 NOV 06 NOV 07 NOV 08 NOV 09 NOV 10 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 looks at the sun's entry into DEEPAVALI Makara Rasi. NOV 11 25 NOV 12 26 NOV 13 27 NOV 14 28 NOV 15 29 NOV 16 30 Chathurthi Sashti Shivaratri Ashtami Navami Amavasya Pournami Krishna Paksha (Grey) Ekadesi Karthikai Masa Sri Vilambi Year, Kaliyugam 5119 anaadi.org INDIC CALENDAR FACTS KARTHIKAI MASAM / 17 NOVEMBER T0 15 DECEMBER 2018 What is karana? Ravi Vara Soma Vara Mangal Vara Bhuda Vara Guru Vara Shukra Vara Shani Vara A karaṇa is half of a tithi. To be precise, a karaṇa is the time NOV 17 1 required for the angular distance between the sun and the moon to increase in steps of 6° starting NOV 18 2 NOV 19 3 NOV 20 4 NOV 21 5 NOV 22 6 NOV 23 7 NOV 24 8 from 0°.