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The KALNIRNAY® Group is India’s premier almanac maker. Since its inception in 1973, the KALNIRNAY® group has emerged as the leading almanac maker, known for creating the most authentic publications that provide up-to-date information about India’s traditional festivities, auspicious tithis and culture. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulation (India), KALNIRNAY® is the World’s Largest Selling Publication with a circulation of 1,81,87,168 copies.
- KALNIRNAY® is a yearly almanac for all religions, wherein auspicious dates, festivals and celebrations of Parsis, Jews, Muslims, Christians and others are mentioned in detail, in addition to those of Hindus.
- It has a consumer base of 1,40,00,000 households in India.
- It is available in 7 languages: English, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.
- It has 2 niche editions – Arogya and Swadistha, that are specially created with information on Health and Food.
- Over 35 KALNIRNAY® variants cater to a varied socio-economic audience through pocket diaries which are blended with auspicious dates and tithis, KALNIRNAY® for cars, offices, as yearly planners, as desk almanac, etc.
- Content in regional editions is related to specific customs and traditions followed therein.
- Interesting articles and important information is printed on the rear side of the data-pad. This content in each language edition is separately compiled by different research scholars and experienced editors.
The Founder
Jyotirbhaskar Jayantrao Salgaonkar
Jayant Salgaonkar (1 February 1929 – 20 August 2013) was an Indian businessman and the founder of Kalnirnay.
A historian, scholar and a great writer, he only attended school up to the tenth grade. Since childhood, he had a keen interest in Jyotish. He founded Kalnirnay in 1973, selling over 1 crore copies in nine languages. Kalnirnay is a yearly almanac of all religions containing details of auspicious dates, festivals and celebrations of Farsi, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindu and others. He had done a combination of jyotish, information and dharmashstra. He was the pioneer of the daily Rashi Bhavishya and the daily crossword in the Marathi newspaper.
- “Jyotirbhaskar” by Sakeshwar Vidhyapeeth
- “Jyotishalankar” by Mumbai Jyotirvidyalay
- “Jyotimartand” in Pune Jyotish Sammelan
- “D.Lt.” by Maharashtra Jyotish Vidyapeeth
- “Vaidik Puraskar” at Nasik by Shivparvati Pratishthan
- “Lifetime Achievement Award” by Konkan Marathi Sahitya Parishad
- “Samarth Sant Seva Puraskar” by Samarath Seva Mandal, Sajjangad
- Sundarmath – ‘सुंदरमठ’ (समर्थ रामदासस्वामींच्या जीवनावरील कादंबरी )Sundarmath – ‘सुंदरमठ’ (समर्थ रामदासस्वामींच्या जीवनावरील कादंबरी )
- Deva tuchi Ganeshu – ‘देवा तूचि गणेशु'(श्रीगणेश दैवताचा इतिहास आणि स्वरुप, तसेच समाजजीवनावरील त्याचा प्रभाव याचा अभ्यासपूर्ण आढावा.)
- Dharma-Shatriy Nirnay –‘धर्म-शास्त्रीय निर्णय’ या ग्रंथाचे संपादन व लेखन
- Kalnirnay- ‘कालनिर्णय’ या मराठी, इंग्रजी, गुजराथी, हिंदी, कानडी, तामिळ, बंगाली, तेलगू, मल्याळम भाषेतून निघणार्या वार्षिक नियतकालिकाचे संस्थापक-संपादक.
- Panchang – ‘पंचाग’ या क्षेत्रात सुलभता आणि शास्त्रशुद्धता आणण्याचे यशस्वी प्रयत्न. पंचांगाचा परंपरागत साचा बदलून नवीन स्वरुपात संपादन.
- Devachiye Dwati – ‘देवाचिये द्वारी’ (धार्मिक, पारमार्थिक अशा स्वरुपाचे लिखाण संत वाड्:मयाच्या आधाराने १९२५ मध्ये ३०९ लेखांचा संग्रह) पुढे त्याचे अनेक खंड
- Ganadhish jo Ish – ‘गणाधीश जो ईश‘(श्रीगणेशावरील लेख व मुलाखती वृत्तपत्रांतून प्रसिध्द झालेल्या लेखांचा संग्रह)
- Rastyvarache Dive – ‘रस्त्यावरचे दिवे’ (आयुष्यात घडलेल्या, अनुभवाला आलेल्या, तसेच कुणाकडून तरी समजलेल्या प्रत्यक्ष घटनांवर आधारित लेखांचा संग्रह)
The Team
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