The world’s first Vedic clock which is designed to show time according to the ancient Indian Panchang has been installed in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain and will be inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 1. According to a report in Times of India, the clock stands tall at 85 feet within Ujjain’s Jantar Mantar which is adjacent to the government’s Jiwaji observatory.
The Vedic 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 in the clock is based on the duration from one sunrise to the next.
Shishir Gupta, a member of the Vedic clock development team, told the Times of India, “The world’s first Vedic clock is installed at an 85-foot high tower constructed here in Ujjain. 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).”
It is also reported that the clock 30 Muhurats, tithi, and various other time calculations from the Vedic Hindu Panchang.
Shree Ram Tiwari, Director of Maharaja Vikramaditya Research Institute, “The Vedic Clock is installed here as Ujjain has been considered the center of time calculation. The Tropic of Cancer passes through Ujjain.” He told TOI.
Historically, Ujjain has played a massive role in determining the world’s standard time. The then education minister and now Chief Minister Mohan yadav had laid the foundation stone of the clock on 6th November 2022.
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