Indian Calendrical Calculations

Nachum Dershowitz () and Edward M. Reingold ()
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Nachum Dershowitz: Tel Aviv University, School of Computer Science
Edward M. Reingold: Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Computer Science

A chapter in Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics, 2009, pp 1-31 from Springer

Abstract: Summary We analyse various Indian calendars. We discuss the Indian day count, a generic solar calendar that generalizes various calendars including the mean Indian solar calendar, the true and astronomical Indian solar calendars, a generic lunisolar calendar that generalizes the Indian version, and the true and astronomical Indian lunisolar calendars. We also discuss aspects of the traditional Indian calculation of the time of sunrise and the determination of lunisolar holidays.

Keywords: Full Moon; Critical Moment; Lunar Cycle; Winter Solstice; Indian Version (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4695-0_1

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