Scholars across India & Srilanka take part

With the divine blessings of His Holiness Pujya Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal, the Annual Panchanga Sabha was held from 25/7/2022 to 27/2/2022. About 46 Panchanga Karthas from Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra & Delhi and 9 Shastra & Dharma Shastra Vidwans from Andhra & Tamilnadu took part in the event. Sri Jagadishwara Sarma from Colombo, Srilanka too participated taking the participation beyond shores of India.

The Sabha commenced with His Holiness blessing “Dharma Shastra Ratna” Birudu & Abhinandana Patrika to Brahma Sri Sundarrama Vajapeyayaji commending his services in offering finding out right Shastric solutions for Panchanga Nirnayam. The Sabha then debated the Panchangam for upcoming year extensively.

On the final session with the blessings of His Holiness, Sri Neelakantha Sastry was honoured with title “Dharma Shastra Nadishna”, Sri Bharanidhara Shastry with “Ishopasti Sameekshaka”, Sri Sriramana Sharma with “ Nakshatra Darsha” and Sri Rajappa Shivacharya with “ Shaiva Parva Nirnaya Dhurya”. All the Panchanga Kartas were felicitated with shawls and Sambhavana in the divine presence of His Holiness.

The Panchanga Sabha was commenced by 65th Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Jagadguru Pujya Sri Sudarshana Mahadevendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal in the year 1877 and since then held annually at Sri Kanchi Math. The Panchanga Sabha is extremely significant as it analyses and sets the almanac for the upcoming year which in turn helps in observing various Anushthanams, Festivals and Vratams.

Sno Name Panchangam Place

1 Brahma Sri Sundararama Vajapeyi Dharma Shastra Vidwan Srirangam

2 Sri Ram Lala Sharma Shastra Vidwan Tirupati

3 Sri Bharani Shastrigal Dharma Shastra Vidwan Chennai

4 Brahma Sri Shriramana Sharma Dharma Shastra Vidwan Nerur (Karur)

5 Sri Nilakantha Sharma Dharma Shastra Vidwan Pazhur (Tiruchi)

6 Sri Shrikrishna Rajagopalan Dharma Shastra Vidwan Chennai

7 Sri Krishnamurthy Shivachariyar Agama Vidwan Kanchipuram

8 Sri Ramakrishna Sastrigal Vaidika Vrundam - Panchangam Chennai

9 Sri Nidhishvara Sharma Dharma Shastram Thiruvidaimarudur

10 Sri K Narasimhan Shrimatham Chennai

11 Sri N Nambi Gopalan Shrimatham Chennai

12 Sri K Govindan Shrimatham Tirunelveli

13 Sri K Venkatesan Shrimatham Chennai

14 Sri LS Ravi Bharat Ganitam Chennai

15 Sri S Raghu Bharat Ganitam Chennai

16 Sri M V Naranarayanan Srinivasan Salem

17 Sri S M Sadashivam Sabari Erode

18 Sri K V Balu Saravanan Thanigai Chennai

19 Sri S Jagadishvara Sharma Sri Lanka Kozhumbu

20 Sri G Srinivasan Mariyamman Chennai

21 Sri Maadu Shastrigal Dharumai Aadheenam Vaithiswaran Koil

22 Sri Vishwanathan Dharumai Aadheenam Vaithiswaran Koil

23 Sri Karthik Raman Ashtangam Chennai

24 Sri Vivekanandan Kannan Panchagam Malaysia

25 Sri L Subrahmanya Siddhanti Kanchi Peetam ( Telugu) Vijayawada

26 Sri P Subramanya Sharma Pidaparthi Rajamundry

27 Sri Mohan Dathe Dathe Panchangam Maharashtra

28 Sri Karandikar Kalanirnaya Maharashtra

29 Sri Manoj Vyas Shri Siva Madhya Pradesh

30 Sri B Tukaram Paradevatha Kakinada

31 Sri T V Mallikarjuna Sharma Tangirala Rajamundry

32 Sri G Pattabhi Sastry Bharata Bhumi Amalapuram

33 Sri S UmaMaheshwara Sharma Sishtala Srikakulam

34 Sri B V Siddanthi Gayathri Hyderabad

35 Sri T Purna Prasad Sharma Tangirala Bhimavaram

36 Sri T Srinivas Sharma Tennati Simhachala

37 Sri K Paarvathesam Dwaraka Tirumala Bhimadolu

38 Sri B Veerabhadhra Butte Rajamundry

39 Sri K Naga Malleswara Karupathi Amalapuram

40 Sri D Chandramouli Sharma Shanmukha Vijyawada

41 Sri Seshachala Sharma Varahamihira Hyderabad

42 Sri Lakshmana Murthy Varahamihira Hyderabad

43 Sri G Srinivas Varahamihira Hyderabad

44 Sri A V Ramana AddepallI Machilipatnam

45 Sri Ch Srinivas Sharma Challa Piduguralla

46 Sri B Bhaskaracharya Sri Maruti Rama Hyderabad

47 Sri T Kamalakar Sharma Tunda Hyderabad

48 Sri Prashanth Joshi Basara Hyderabad

49 Sri Oruganti Nagaraju Sharma Pushpagiri Hyderabad

50 Sri S Krishnamurthy Medak Hyderabad

51 Sri Chandrashekar Ganitha Vijyawada

52 Sri Tadi Gadapa Subbarao Tadi Gadappa Peddapuram

53 Sri V Subrahmanya Sharma Vissa Pragada Kakinada

54 Sri Madduri Subhramanya Shastri Madduri Rajamundry

55 Sri D Subrahmanya Sharma Annayara Panchangam Annavaram