Why A New Almanac?
The 19th century Bengali almanacs though gave details of tithi, nakshatra etc. were generally not in conformity with the actual position of planets in the sky. A true panjika has to tally with the scientific observation. To meet this end, prominent astrologers of that time viz., almanac reformist of Orissa Mahamahopadhyay Chandrashekhar Sinha Samanta, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Pune, Western India, Scriptural scholars like Bapudev Shastri and Ketkar, experts like Kashi Madan Mohan Malaviya, Maha mahopadhyay Maheshchandra Nyayaratna, Sasadhar Tarkachudamani, Acharya Yogesh Chandra Roy Vidyanidhi of Bengal advised the publication of Vishuddha Siddhanta Almanac.
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