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Indian Calendrical Calculations

In: Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics

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  • Nachum Dershowitz

    (Tel Aviv University, School of Computer Science)

  • Edward M. Reingold

    (Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Computer Science)

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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.

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  • Nachum Dershowitz & Edward M. Reingold, 2009. "Indian Calendrical Calculations," Springer Books, in: B.S. Yadav & Man Mohan (ed.), Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics, pages 1-31, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-8176-4695-0_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4695-0_1
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