The world’s first Vedic clock has been installed in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district and is set for unveiling on March 1 by the Prime Minister.
Key points
- The clock is designed to showcase time according to the ancient Indian traditional Panchang.
- The Vedic clock stands tall on an 85-foot tower within Ujjain’s Jantar Mantar, adjacent to the Government Jiwaji Observatory.
- This unique clock will exhibit information related to Vedic Hindu Panchang, planetary positions, Muhurat, astrological calculations, and predictions, and also indicate Indian Standard Time (IST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
- Time calculation is based on the duration from one sunrise to the next. The clock will calculate time from one sunrise to another.
- The time period between the two sunrises will be divided into 30 parts, each hour of 48 minutes, according to ISD.
- The reading will start from 0:00 with the sunrise functions for 30 hours (an hour of 48 minutes). The clock will showcase 30 Muhurats, tithi, and various other time calculations from the Vedic Hindu Panchang.
- Historically, Ujjain played a crucial role in determining the world’s standard time 300 years ago.
