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Calendars - Indus

Ancient calendars from the Indus Valley.

Dating with the Calendar!

About the various calendar systems of the Hindus.

Favorable Dates or Mahurats

A list of favorable days for the current year according to the Hindu Calendar. These dates are considered auspicious for beginning a new venture, embarking on a journey, taking up a project.

The Hindu Almanac

Hinduism is often described as a religion of fasts, feasts and festivals. Here's a date-wise list of Hindu festivals and religious occasions for the current year.

Time, Epochs & Millennia

The four great epochs or 'yugas', and the cursed Kali Yug we're living in. Hinduism has little to do with the linear nature of history, the linear concept of time or the linear pattern of life.

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