JEWELS OF BHARATAM ....SERIES [TM ] HERE THE SUN DIAL AT AL- - TopicsExpress



          

JEWELS OF BHARATAM ....SERIES [TM ] HERE THE SUN DIAL AT AL- KHANOUM CALIBERATED TO UJJAIN MERIDIAN TIME .. OF 3RD BCE !!! UJJAIN WAS THE TIME MERIDIAN OF THE WORLD ...and this pointed to the supremacy of Time calculations of Hindus . This meridian was in ancient time followed by present regions called Pakistan , Afghanistan , Iran , Iraq , Syria , Egypt , Japan , Mexico etc ,..for long time before islam + Christianity took over their societies. Ujjain , Ozzein [ as called by greeks ] Ujjayini, Avanti, Avantika, Avantikapuri), is an ancient city situated on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River (Hindi: क्षिप्रा) in the Malwa region of central India and now is today part of the state Of Madhya Pradesh. In ancient times, the city was called Ujjayini. As mentioned in The Mahabharata epic, Ujjayini was the capital of the Avanti Kingdom. One of the earliest known descriptions of standard time in India appeared in the 4th century BCE astronomical treatise Surya Siddhanta. Postulating a spherical earth, the book defined the prime meridian, or zero longitude, as passing through Avanti, the ancient name for the historic city of Ujjain (23°10′58″N 75°46′38″E), and rohitaka, the ancient name for Rohtak (28°54′N 76°38′E), a city near the Kurukshetra. The day used by ancient Indian astronomers began at sunrise at the prime meridian of Ujjain, and was divided into smaller time units in the following manner: *Time that is measurable is that which is in common use, beginning with the prāṇa (or, the time span of one breath). *The pala contains six prāṇas. *The ghalikā is 60 palas, and the nakṣatra ahórātra, or astronomical day, contains 60 ghalikās. *A nakṣatra māsa, or astronomical month, consists of 30 days. Taking a day to be 24 hours, the smallest time unit, prāṇa, or one respiratory cycle, equals 4 seconds, a value consistent with the normal breathing frequency of 15 breaths/min used in modern medical research.The Surya Siddhanta also described a method of converting local time to the standard time of Ujjain.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 09:09:22 +0000

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