Lunar Calendar

Victoria, British Columbia · Sunrise reckoning

How to use this calendar

A lunar rhythm for our Saṅgha

This calendar shows what Yam is tending each day and when the Saṅgha can expect livestreams, one-on-one sessions, or quieter periods. Each solar date receives the tithi present at sunrise where Yam lives. A tithi is a lunar day based on the phase of the moon.

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Tithi A lunar day: one of thirty stages in the Moon–Sun cycle.

Māsa A synodic lunar month.

Amānta What this calendar uses; demarking the beginning of a new month by the day after the New Moon. Others use Pūrṇimānta, where the day after the Full Moon marks the beginning of a new month.

Pakṣa A lunar fortnight; Śukla is waxing and Kṛṣṇa is waning.

Devatā The traditional divine association belonging to the tithi.

Kṣaya A skipped tithi, since it spanned entirely between two sunrises.

Vṛddhi A tithi taking place over two days, because it spans more than one sunrise.

Fivefold lunar sub-cycle

A repeating five-day lunar rhythm

The thirty tithis traditionally contain a repeating sub-cycle of five themed lunar days. In this calendar, Nandā (Joyfulness) supports content creation, Bhadrā (Blessedness) supports personal time, Jayā (Victoriousness) supports creative and developmental work, Riktā (Emptiness) supports livestreaming, and Pūrṇā (Fullness) supports 1:1 sessions, with Pūrṇimā (Full Moon) and Amāvasyā (New Moon) following their special schedules.

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Nandā · Content Bhadrā · Personal Jayā · Development Riktā · Livestreams Pūrṇā · Sessions

Preparing the lunar month…