Abhijit
A traditional window around the daytime midpoint; convention and exclusions matter.
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Indian Time and Calendar Glossary
Search 22 terms from Indian clocks and calendars. Start with a short definition, then follow the linked guide for a worked example, calculation or regional convention.
22 terms
Asia/Kolkata
The named digital timezone used for Indian civil time.
Read the Asia/Kolkata explanationBrahma Muhurta
A pre-sunrise interval; the calculator states its chosen convention.
Read the Brahma Muhurta explanationGhati
1/60 of a 24-hour day in the equal-unit convention: 24 minutes.
Read the Ghati explanationGMT
The historical Greenwich reference, often used as a zero-offset label.
Read the GMT explanationGulika Kaal
A traditional daylight interval using its own weekday segment sequence.
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Indian Standard Time: UTC+05:30.
Read the IST explanationKarana
A half-tithi division in a Panchang.
Read the Karana explanationMuhurta
A time unit under a convention; also a term used for an auspicious occasion.
Read the Muhurta explanationNakshatra
A traditional division used to describe the Moon’s position.
Read the Nakshatra explanationPaksha
The waxing or waning half of the lunar month.
Read the Paksha explanationPala
1/60 of a ghati in this equal-unit convention: 24 seconds.
Read the Pala explanationPanchang
A framework with tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vaar.
Read the Panchang explanationPrahara
One eighth of a day under the stated convention.
Read the Prahara explanationRahu Kaal
A traditional interval selected from eight daylight segments.
Read the Rahu Kaal explanationSaka
The era used by India’s national solar calendar.
Read the Saka explanationSamvat
A calendar era; identify its regional new-year boundary.
Read the Samvat explanationTithi
One 12-degree Sun–Moon separation interval under the stated convention.
Read the Tithi explanationUTC
The coordinated reference used for civil timezone offsets.
Read the UTC explanationVaar
A weekday; specify civil or sunrise-based day context.
Read the Vaar explanationVikram Samvat
An era with different regional calendar-year boundaries.
Read the Vikram Samvat explanationYoga
A Panchang quantity derived from combined Sun and Moon longitudes.
Read the Yoga explanationThree families of time terms
Civil clocks
IST, UTC, GMT and Asia/Kolkata describe standards or timezone references.
Calendar labels
Tithi, paksha, Saka and Samvat describe different parts of a calendar reading.
Durations & windows
Ghati and pala measure duration under a convention; Rahu and Brahma windows depend on the local solar day.
Reference for Indian Standard Time: CSIR-NPL time service. Calendar terms are linked to their relevant guide and calculation convention above.