Jayant Salgaonkar
Jayant Salgaonkar was an Indian jyotishi, businessman, historian, scholar, and writer. He was the founder of Kalnirnay.
Early life
Salgaonkar completed tenth grade. He had a keen interest in astrology from childhood. He wrote Kalnirnay in 1973, selling over 10 million 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 created a combination of jyotish, information and dharmashstra. He was the pioneer of the daily Rashi Bhavishya and the daily crossword in the Marathi newspaper.Books
- Sundarmath - ‘सुंदरमठ’
- Deva tuchi Ganeshu - ‘देवा तूचि गणेशु’
- 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 Dwari - ‘देवाचिये द्वारी’ पुढे त्याचे अनेक खंड
- Ganadhish jo Ish - ‘गणाधीश जो ईश’
- Rastyvarache Dive - ‘रस्त्यावरचे दिवे’
Personal life
He and his wife had three sons and grandchildren.Jyotirbhaskar Jayant Salgaonkar died in the Hinduja hospital in Mumbai after a brief illness.
Awards and recognition
- Jyotirbhasakr 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