Across India & the Diaspora
Why regions keep different new years and different good-time grids, why festival dates move abroad, and why two panchangams can disagree.
Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Puthandu, Vishu, Baisakhi: Why India's New Years Fall on Different Days
One sky, two clocks: the solar new years follow the Sun into Mesha, the lunar new years follow the first new moon of Chaitra.
Why Is Ekadashi (or Diwali) a Day Earlier in the USA? Festival Dates Outside India, Explained
A tithi ends at one moment for the whole world. Which calendar day it belongs to depends on your own sunrise and your own clock.
Why Do Panchang Websites Show Different Tithi and Rahu Kalam Times? Six Real Reasons
Location, calculation system, ayanamsa, the definition of sunrise, timezones and rounding -- and how to tell which one you are looking at.
Nalla Neram, Gowri, Choghadiya and Hora: India's 'Good Time' Grids Compared
Tamil Nadu reads Gowri Nalla Neram, Gujarat and the North read Choghadiya, and everyone reads the Hora. How the three grids are built, and how they differ.
Your City’s Panchangam, Every Day
Many printed calendars are computed for one town. Nava Panchangam computes sunrise, sunset and the windows that depend on them, such as Rahu Kalam, for your city, with a choice of Vakya or Drik; a tithi’s ending instant is the same everywhere.
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