Tag: winter solstice

Identifying “Udagayana” with Sun’s course in “Northern Hemisphere”; An evidence from Āpastamba-Gṛhya-Sūtra

Identifying Udagayana It is crucial to grasp the gist of Sanskrit words, especially considering their polysemous nature. This has created great confusions in the academia whether the word udagayana would mean the sun rising in the northern hemispher, ie. equinox day or would it mean sun's northern course from winter solstice point. A mistaken interpretation … Continue reading Identifying “Udagayana” with Sun’s course in “Northern Hemisphere”; An evidence from Āpastamba-Gṛhya-Sūtra →

1000 year long problem of assuming Saṃvatsara beginning, Ayana and Madhu-Mādhava Month Names

There are myriad problems in understanding of the luni-solar calendar. Interestingly, there are myriad problems to understand just solar calendar which was in vogue during Vedic -- Brāhmaṇa times. We understand that Brāhmaṇas are ritualistic books and extension of vedas. To understand the timeline of these text we need to see the internal evidence of … Continue reading 1000 year long problem of assuming Saṃvatsara beginning, Ayana and Madhu-Mādhava Month Names →