The following table provides the popular Daily Sheet Calendar in major Indian languages.(At present, we were able to find them only in Tamil. Others are monthly calendars. If you find daily sheet calendars in other languages, please email

The following table provides cautionary information on certain hours of a given day in a week that are to be avoided when scheduling auspicious events, (assuming sunrise at 6:00 a.m. and sunset at 6:00 p.m.). The table also provides the names of the days in Samskritam ("Vaasara"). These names are stated during Sankalpam at the start of any pooja at the temple.

The following table provides the Hindu names of months, in comparison with the Gregorian calendar, in multiple languages, using Tamil/Malayalam New Year as a starting point. The table also states the "Ritu" asociated with the month, which is stated during Sankalpam. There are SIX Ritus. Orthogonally, a year ("varsha") is split into two phases ("ayanams"). The half where the sun is on a northward path (generally the first half of a Gregorian calendar - Jan-Jul) is called Uttaraayanam, and the other half where the sun is on a southward path (Jul-Jan) - Dakshinaayanam.

Another temporal entity mentioned during Sankalpams is the "Paksham".These are derived from the lunar calendar.The moon waxes and wanes in cycles. Each cycle is composed of FOURTEEN Thithis (lunar days) between the New Moon and Full Moon. In a given lunar month (of 30 days), there are essentially 30 thithis (excluding the first set of 14 Thithis is called "Shukla Paksham" - the waxing phase, and the second "Krishna Paksham" - the waning phase.

The following table lists the various Hindu Gothras (ancestral lineage) and Pravarams (lineage of Rishis)associated with the Gothrams. This is the Gothram that the Priest requests of you when performing the Sankalpam ("Gothrauth Bhavasya"). There are 20 Gothras. Each has its own three Rishis, which arereferrred to in the Pravaram.