Vikramaditya Vedic Clock

About Vikramaditya Vedic Clock:

• It is the world’s first 'Vedic Clock', designed to display time according to the ancient Indian traditional Panchang (time calculation system).
• It has been positioned on an 85-foot tower within Jantar Mantar in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
• It also provides information on planetary positions, Muhurat, astrological calculations, and predictions.
• In addition to this, it also indicates Indian Standard Time (IST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
• The clock will calculate time from one sunrise to another. 
  • The period between the two sunrises will be divided into 30 parts, whose one hour consists of 48 minutes, according to ISD. 
  • The reading will start from 0:00 with the sunrise functions for 30 hours (an hour of 48 minutes).
• It has been developed by Lucknow-based Sanstha Arohan, using digital interventions, enabling it to be connected to the internet and provide a wide range of features through a mobile app named after the clock.
• Why Ujjain?
  • Ujjain's rich heritage in timekeeping dates back centuries, with the city playing a pivotal role in determining India's time zones and time difference. 
  • Ujjain is located at the precise point of interaction with zero meridian and Tropic of Cancer.
  • Before 82.5E longitude was adopted for IST, Ujjain (75.78E) was considered as Bharat’s time meridian.
  • The Vikrami Panchang and Vikram Samvat calendars are also released from Ujjain, which makes Ujjain the ideal location to have the Vaidik Clock.