Thank goodness someone has the sense of propriety to call it 11/7 and not 7/11. I am now reassured that we live in India. We follow the system of DD/MM/YY. Date comes before the month. Thank you Mr. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
RE:11/7
by jay krishnan on Jul 16, 2007 02:36 AM Permalink
Fool, its ultimately Indian, wise guy. Do you think date format dd/mm/yy is british ? for that matter do you think the whole of the metric system followed in the whole of Europe british or from the genius of europe ? fool, all of the metric system including : Grams, Kilo grams, metre, centimeter,kilometere, litre, milli litre, kilolitre, 24 hrs in a day, 30 days of month, 12 months of year, 365 days in year even 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute , where do you think all of this comes from ? 12 signs of zodiac that you see in western astrology is shamelessly copied from our vedic astrological systems. Search for 'Vedic Astrology' to start getting acquainted with facts. 365 days in a year and 24 hrs in a day and 60 mins in hr and 60 seconds in a minute all taken from Indian calender.
http://www.bhattar.com/html/mar_apr.html
"This twelve-part saura year comprises 365 days, six hours, nine minutes and nine-and-a-half seconds. Thithi, or day, is determined by the position of the sun in relation to the moon in the sky. One-twelfths of that distance denotes each thithi. The day has 60 parts, or nazhi, of 24 minutes each. An hour comprises two and a half nazhis. A muhurtham is of three-and-three-quarter nazhi duration. Each day has 12 muhurthams. The day, between sunrise and sunset, is divided into five distinct kalas or parts, each of 2 hours and 24 minutes duration: Udaya kala %u2013 sunrise at 6 a.m. to 8.24 a.m.; sanghava %u2013 8.24 a.m. to 10.48 a.m.; m
