The main purpose of creating this blog is to provide material
and guidance to the students of Vedanga Jyotisha who are
appearing for BA as well as MA level examinations of Kavi
Kulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University. I hope this effort will be
welcomed by all the students of the Vedanga Jyotish and this
effort will be useful to them. Dewavrat Buit
dewavrat2000@yahoo.com  Wednesday, June 14, 2006    T elling
time has been refined to a science in the Hindu culture. And
nowhere is time given greater prominence than in the Hindu
temple. If you are accustomed to Western time concepts, the
following overview of time from the Hindu perspective will be
illuminating. The samkalpa, a formal statement of intent chanted
aloud by the priest before each temple ceremony, designates the
time and place of the puja. It is divided into several sections.
Vedic Calendar lists this chant for each day with the
appropriate tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, and so on. It does
not list the yuga and other larger time divisions, since they