Know more about the Jain calendar: Is Hindu panchang and Jain panchang different?

There are different panchangs like Jain panchang, Hindu panchang, Islamic panchang and Sikh panchang but they all have some slightest differences on the basis of different aspects. There are lots of people who get confused between all these panchangs, however it’s not that hard to understand but still there are some points that are important to know. Well, let’s take Jain panchang for an example. It’s also known as Jain calendar; however it’s a lunisolar calendar that is based on the positions of the moon and the earth. In this panchang, it tells the approx date and time of seasons of the solar year. So, if you are interested in knowing more about the Jain panchang, then here is a short book that will help you in understanding more about the related topic.

Short note on Jain panchang:

Jain panchang is a lunisolar calendar. In regular calendar, there are normally 12 months and a leap year that has 13 months. But in Jain calendar, they have a year of three hundred fifty four (354) days, because according to the calendar, moon takes 29.5 days to complete the circle around the earth but in a normal calendar, moon takes 30 days for doing the same thing. Not only the Jain calendar, but the Hebrew, Buddhist and Japanese are also lunisolar based calendars. Especially if you are asking about Islamic calendar, it’s an pure lunar depending calendar because its tithis show the moon phase but it does not tell you about the exact time of the season of solar year, that means , there is no extra month in every three years.

Know where Jain panchang is used

According to the Jain panchang, the Jains year starts with deewali and not only that the jains start their business accounting year from the day of deewali as it’s their traditional day. Besides that, use of Jain calendar is common like a Hindu calendar. It is mostly used in weddings, birthday, etc. same like a normal Hindu panchang. Jain calendars are a pretty interesting subject for an astrologer as there are some different methods for calculating the solar system‘s changes.

Know about the Hindu and Jain calendar: adoption period

India is very rich in culture, religions and traditions. According to them, every religion should need their own calendar so that they can know about their auspicious events and celebration of the religions days. No matter you are Hindu, Sikh or belong to any other religion, you need a panchang for knowing about the day that is important for your realigns. So, at the time when the Jain calendar was not found, the Jain achrays decided to adopt a Hindu lunisolar panchang that was recreated and named as Jain panchang after a short period.

After adopting Hindu calendar, there are certain changes that they made in the process of converting into Jain calendar. The changes were important for the Jain people about knowing the exact important and auspicious event.