The Siddha Himalayan Calendar

There are three types of calendar used in the world, but only two of them are widely used, they are Solar Calendar and Lunar Calendar.

Solar Calendar: Based on the Earth’s orbit around the sun, solar calendars use the solar year as the fundamental unit of time. The Gregorian calendar, which is the most widely used calendar today, is a solar calendar.
Lunar Calendar: Lunar calendars are based on the moon’s phases, where each month corresponds to a complete lunar cycle.

Siddha Calendar is based on the lunar system.

Prophecy & Predictions

The astrologers use the ’Siddha Calendar’ to predict and prophesies because it has certain charts and ‘Yantras’ that are useful in that purpose. In Himalayan Siddha tradition, people follow the special dates for Sadhanas, festivals, ‘Punya Tithi’, birthdays and others important events pertaining to Samsaric and spiritual life, as per the Siddha Calendar.

Oldest Calendar

Amongst all the calendar system that the human civilisations have been using till date, Siddha Calendar is the oldest known calendar in the tradition of Himalayan Siddhas. There’s a controversy known in the legends around the Siddha Calendar. It is, that only the half part of the Siddha Calendar is available in the tradition of Siddha Dharma today. The second half is missing till date. Some suggest that the second half of the Siddha Calendar is not missing, but has been kept hidden by the Himalayan Mahasiddhas due to a reason.

Siddha Calendar Used As a Prayer

Siddha Calendar might be the world’s first calendar that is used as the prayer to worship different Devi-Devatas. The reason is that it contains few strange images and spiritual Geometries. It is also used for different kinds of rituals like to pray for good fortune in bad times.