Topic started by vijay on Fri Dec 17 00:29:10 .
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How did old Tamil people calculated the time? I heard about the word "Naazhi", Ganam etc
Anybody can answer this????

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• From: sdn (@ pxy-hst-13.tandem.com) on: Mon Dec 20 15:27:20
  
  
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• From: vEnkatan (@ inehou-pxy06.compaq.com) on: Mon Dec 20 16:21:33
  
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• From: vEnkatan (@ inehou-pxy06.compaq.com) on: Mon Dec 20 16:22:33
  
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• From: sdn (@ pxy-hst-13.tandem.com) on: Mon Dec 20 18:33:55
  
  
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• From: Murugan (@ 131.241.26.63) on: Mon Dec 20 21:01:41
  
  Apart from 'Maarkazhi'(mentioned in Thiruppavai), are there any other month names (as existing now) mentioned in ancient literature?
  
  
• From: JayBee (@ sp-69-109.tm.net.my) on: Tue Dec 21 01:06:07
  
  Gnana Sambandhar, in his Thiru Mayilaappuur Thirup padhigam, which he sang for raising Puumbaavai, mentions various months and festivals.
  
  Aippasi ONam
  Thol Kaarththigai naaL
  Aadhirai naaL
  Thaippuusam
  Maasik kadal aattu
  Pangguni uththaram
  Attami naaL
  
  These are the festivals that he sang of.
  
  You can see that he mentions Aippasi, Kaarththigai, Thai, Maasi, and Pangguni.
  
  
• From: Chandra (@ fw-atlanta.atlanta.usweb.com) on: Tue Dec 21 10:31:38
  
  
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• From: Era.Murugan (@ 131.241.26.63) on: Tue Dec 21 12:12:21
  
  GeyBee AvargaLe, Chandra AvargaLe,
  
  Thank u.
  
  1) Is the 12-month calendar universal? If so, did it originate from Tamils?
  
  2) Is there any evidence for Thai to be the first month of the year (like in ThiruvaLLuvar Aandu)?
  
  
• From: Venki (@ news.ti.com) on: Tue Aug 14 14:50:46
  
  The Tamizh neraam and kaalam were interesting to read. Do we know if it predates Kautilya's time?
  
  Here is how Kautilya (~4to2BCE), in Arthashasthra, calls a nalika = 1.5hours = 1 muhurtham = 3 and 3/4 naazhikai in Tamizh.
  
  Book I, Chapter 19, The Duties of a King
  
  If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic. If he is reckless, they will not only be reckless likewise, but also eat into his works. Besides, a reckless king will easily fall into the hands of his enemies. Hence the king shall ever be wakeful. He shall divide both the day and the night into eight nalikas [1.5 hours], or according to the length of the shadow cast by a gnomon standing in the sun: the shadow of three purushas (3/4 inches), of one purusha (12 inches), of four angulas (3 inches), and absence of shadow denoting midday are the four one-eighth divisions of the forenoon; like divisions in the reverse order in the afternoon.
  
  
• From: Goukl (@ ) on: Wed Feb 6 09:53:07
  
  This is very interesting ( the Tamil calendar & the Nakshathrangal). I would like to know the nakshathra of 14-Nov-1984.
  
  

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