Auditya Verma — Research Head, EduCalendar India
Auditya Verma
Research Head, EduCalendar India
Auditya Verma leads research and content at EduCalendar India, the editorial organization behind monthnameshindi.com.
His work focuses on making India’s traditional calendar systems — Hindu lunisolar mechanics, Vikram Samvat, Panchang traditions, and the six Ritu seasons — understandable for a global audience. That includes the Indian diaspora in the UK, US, and Canada who grew up navigating two calendars simultaneously, as well as curious readers with no prior background in Vedic timekeeping.
Background
Auditya’s interest in Indian calendrical traditions developed over years of independent study at the intersection of South Asian cultures. Growing up surrounded by communities that lived by both the Gregorian and lunar calendar simultaneously, he became preoccupied with the gap between the two — and with why that gap was so rarely explained clearly.
His research spans classical Vedic astronomy texts, the standardization work of Prof. Meghnad Saha’s Rashtriya Panchang committee, regional Panchang traditions across North and South India, and the folk calendar systems that survive in village and diaspora practice. He brings to this work the perspective of someone who approaches Indian calendar culture with scholarly curiosity and genuine respect — which, he finds, often produces clearer explanations than inherited familiarity does.
He has shared his research through community education settings, published essays on Indian timekeeping, and the articles on this site, which now reach over 6,500 monthly readers across India, the UK, the US, and Southeast Asia.
Editorial Responsibility
At EduCalendar India, Auditya is responsible for:
- All primary research into Hindu calendar dates, Tithi calculations, and festival timings
- Cross-verification of calendar data against regional Panchangs and the Indian National Calendar
- The cultural framing and contextual depth of seasonal and festival content
- Accuracy reviews when calendar dates shift between years
- Corrections and updates when readers identify errors
Every article published under his byline reflects his own research. Where sources disagree — and in the world of regional calendar variations, they often do — he explains the disagreement rather than paper over it.
Find Auditya Online
- Medium — Essays on Indian calendar culture and timekeeping traditions
- Goodreads — Reading notes on South Asian cultural history
- Twitter/X — Calendar updates and cultural commentary
- about.me — Profile overview
Articles by Auditya Verma
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Auditya Verma is Research Head at EduCalendar India. For research inquiries or content corrections, contact hindimonths@gmail.com.