How To Study Vedic Astronomy?
If you are asked to explain Vedic Astronomy , your answer will be related to astrology. You will talk about starts but concerning life, and it won’t be an exaggeration to say that your answer will be full of myths and surprises. You know earth’s movement around its axis makes day and night. You also know that the earth’s movement around the sun causes seasons. But it is basic knowledge about celestial bodies and events. You need to know more about how months are calculated, dates for festivals decided, and celestial events anticipated with high accuracy. Are you ready for education? First, take an Indian calendar and see how dates are mentioned. You will find this instead of dates in the calendar. A tithi is a date. Another thing you need to know is that the Indian calendar moves on lunar cycles. The moon rotates around the earth. Its size changes from smallest to fullest according to its distance from the earth. The changes in the size of the moon are called its phases like Puranmasi