Intro

A repository to host details of many festivals/observances of Indian hindus

Categorization

Repositories

• Festivals are divided into different repositories, which are identified by paths. Example: tamil, temples/Tamil, temples/North, gRhya/general, mahApuruSha/kAnchI-maTha.
• Motivation: Not everyone is interested in every festival: example: A vaiShNava person from karNATaka may not care for a tamil nAyanAr gurupUjA.
• Metadata about repositories are stored in repos.toml in the root of this github repo.

Path within repository

• Each festival gets one TOML file.
• Within each repository, the path of a given festival is decided by its timing information. This facilitates easy lookup.
• Paths for independently determined festivals: [repository_root]/[month_type]/[anga_type]/[month_num]/[anga_num]/[festival_id].toml , where month_type is one of [lunar_month, solar_sidereal_month, tropical_month], and anga_type is one of [day, tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana].
• Paths for relatively determined festivals: [repository_root]/[anchor_festival_id]/offset__[day]/[festival_id].toml , where offset day may be negative.
• There is provision for giving information about festivals without specifying timing (because complicated timing is more easily specified as code). In such a case, path will be [repository_root]/description_only/[arbitrary_path]/[festival_id].toml.

Field values

• Please don't use "/" or space in id field value. Causes problems with deciding canonical file path; and makes command line operation ugly.
• Where possible, please try to ensure that filename matches id field. (This will be periodically enforced anyway with scripts.)
• Long string fields (such as description) allow markdown, enriched with comments marked as +++(some comment)+++. It is up to consumers to convert this appropriately for presentation to users.

Extra timing information

• Basic information about festival timing is covered in the "Path within repository" section.
• Festivals are associated with kaala-s (time intervals), which may be one of प्राक्तनारुणोदयः, सूर्योदयः, सूर्यास्तमयः, चन्द्रोदयः, पूर्वाह्णः, अपराह्णः etc.. The default kaala is assumed to be सूर्योदयः. An anga (such as tithi) intersecting with an appropriate kaala determines a "festival".
• Such an intersection may happen on two consecutive days. In that case, the priority field (with values being one of puurvaviddha, paraviddha, vyaapti) determines the day to be chosen for the "festival".

Clarity about meaning of kaala values

• प्राक्तनारुणोदयः refers to the dawn preceding a given day.

Language and script

• Names can be provided in a variety of languages. Please use the best/ common script for the language (usually the native script).
  • Exception to the above: Tamil names are stored in HK (because the latter differentiates between vargIya consonants!)