Panchang: Your Guide to the Hindu Calendar and What It Foretells - Softcover

Arijit Roy Chowdhury

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9353577977 ISBN 13: 9789353577971

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2020

Synopsis

Buying a house? Hosting an annaprasan or a grihapravesh ceremony? Or perhaps you need a horoscope made for a wedding? The Panchang offers a codified daily guide to auspicious dates and timings throughout the year for important life events, religious festivals and ceremonies, and special occasions. A panchang is the combined analysis of panch angs or five attributes, namely, day of the week, tithi, nakshatra, yog and karan each of these elements and its impact is taken into careful consideration to arrive at an auspicious day. This first-ever English panchang, based on the famed 150-year-old Gupta Press Bengali panjika, also explains what a panchang is, what its different elements signify, and how you can use it, in a simple, easy-to-understand manner. For all those who wish to know the astrological configurations for any special event, this is an indispensable tool.

About this title

About the Author

Arijit Roy Chowdhury is the managing director of Gupta Press Panjika, a 150-year-old legacy which he has been associated with for the last three decades. The Gupta Press Panjika, one of the first advertising platforms in Bengal, provides all Hindu festival dates, and has a detailed section on astrology based on astronomy, using the lunar calendar. Arijit was educated at Kolkatas St. Xaviers School and College and went on to obtain a degree in law from Kolkata University. He enjoys travelling, music, photography and researching old Bengali songs. He lives in Kolkata with his wife and son.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 9353577977
• ISBN 13: 9789353577971
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 400