PM Modi to inaugurate the world’s first Vedic clock on 1st March
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) – The world’s first Vedic clock which will display time according to ancient Indian traditional panchang has been prepared and installed in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain District and will be unveiled on 1st March.
This watch is completely digital. The clock will have one bell (hour) of 48 minutes.
The clock will display information about Vedic Hindu Panchang, planetary positions, Muhurat, astrological calculations, predictions, etc. The clock will calculate the time based on from one sunrise to another.
1. The world’s first Vedic clock is installed at an 85-foot-high tower constructed near Jantar Mantar in Ujjain. On 25th February, the clock is installed on the fifth floor of the tower. It is fully connected to the internet.
2. This watch is made by students of IIT Delhi. In this Vedic clock, time can be seen simultaneously by Hindu reckoning according to Rigveda, Indian Standard Time (IST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) system. It will show time of 30 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds.
3. This watch can calculate 3 different times according to different times including Sunrise Time, Auspicious Time, Vikram Samvat Calendar, Muhurta Period, Rahu Period and Panchang.
4. Director of Maharaja Vikramaditya Research Institute Dr Shriram Tiwari said, ‘The aim of this initiative is to bring back the ancient glorious heritage of Ujjain. After Ujjain, there are plans to install this clock in other parts of the country too’.
5. Shishir Gupta, a member of the Vedic clock development team, said, ‘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 the Indian Standard Time (IST). The reading will start from 0:00 with the sunrise functions for 30 hours (an hour of 48 minutes).’
6. The city of Ujjain is situated on the Tropic of Cancer. This line was once the centre of the city. It is for this reason that the Karkaraj temple is located here. Acharya Varahamihir, one of the Navaratnas of Emperor Vikramaditya, has contributed greatly to the calculation of time. Varahamihira used to give accurate information about the future of any person through his astrological calculations. Later Raja Jai Singh established one of the four observatories in the country here.
7. ‘A Vedic clock app’ has also been developed. Users can view everything related to the Hindu calendar including Hindu Panchang, Muhurta, planetary positions and astrological calculations through Sun and Moon positions. In this clock, the days will be counted from the position of the moon in tithi and paksha (lunar fortnight). The watch will also display the time according to ‘Greenwich Mean Time’ (GMT). This clock will be connected to all major temples in India.