Part 1 of the Mahabharata dating series:

The war took place in the year 3136 BCE corresponding to Krodhi, that occurred 35 years before Kali Maha Yuga started.

In this 1st part, the traditional date of Kali Maha Yuga is established.
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2020/12/validating-traditional-date-of.html?m=1

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Part 2 of the Mbh dating series:

The calendar in use in Mahabharata times is deduced by deciphering Bhishma's calculation of the number of extra days spent by the Pandavas in exile. This raises a question why Bhishma failed to calculate uttarayana date.

https://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2020/12/identifying-calendar-of-mahabharata.html?spref=tw&m=1

Part 3 of the Mbh dating series:

The Mbh calendar shows that the new Yuga started in Krodhi, when the exile ended & the war occurred, and was followed by the next Uttarayana starting in Magha Shukla Trayodasi. But Bhishma waited for Shukla Ashtami! Why?

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2020/12/deducing-beginning-of-5-year-yuga.html

Part 4 of the Mbh dating series:

This part describes why Uttarayana of Mbh is remembered as Ratha Saptami. It marks a period that saw sudden regression in time wrt to tithi (moon's movement).
The tithi-loss is central to understanding Mbh verses.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2020/12/discrepancy-in-time-of-uttarayana.html

Part 5 of the Mbh dating series:

"Kshaya masa" - opposite of Adhika masa is needed to be known to understand Mbh verses.

Magha month can be Kshaya, but never Adhika masa.

But Bhishma's wait shows Adhika masa in Magha. How?

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2020/12/can-adhika-masa-occur-in-magha-month.html

Part 6 of the Mbh dating series:

The starting and the end dates of the exile period of the Pandavas decoded. (3149 BCE - 3136 BCE)

The 1st astronomy reference appears in the context of the starting date, but proven to be not an astronomy reference.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2020/12/reconstructing-start-and-end-date-of.html

Part 7 of the Mbh dating series:

The date of Krishna leaving Upaplavya on a peace mission is established (Aug 25, 3136 BCE) by means of the ritu-tithi calendar, the signs of Sharad season running then and by proving that Kaumuda was Kartika month.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2020/12/7-krishna-left-on-peace-mission-in.html

Part 8 of the Mbh dating series:

Events indicating crash of a celestial object breaking into several pieces & falling over 13 days starting from the day Krishna left Upaplavya are described.
A major impact on Pushya day when Duryodhana planned to start

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/cosmic-impact-during-krishnas-peace.html

Part 9 of the Mbh dating series:

Karna's nimittas told to Krishna analysed:
Found to be temporary due to
1. temp inversion
2. reversal of refractive index
3. such reversal causing Mars appear in vakra in the same sign where Sun was positioned .

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/evidences-that-suggest-collision-from.html

Part 10 of the Mbh dating series:

2 of 3 remaining nimittas on moon:
1. Delayed shift of moon to south indicated a shift in Rahu's position that's possible only if lunar orbit changed.
2. Tithi-karana alignment changed by which No-Moon due on 13th tithi

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/evidences-that-suggest-that-moon-was.html

Part 11 of the Mbh dating series:

The last nimitta on moon says that the feature on the moon got divided. The same observation given by Vyasa is found to concur with the deduction that a major piece of the comet landed on the moon altering moon's speed.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-features-on-lunar-disc-changed.html

Part 12 of the Mbh dating series:

Mbh verses on 2 shortened phases are discussed. The impossible occurrence of No-moon on 13th tithi heralded the concept of Bodhayana Amawasya. Full moon occurred on the same star (Krittika) as in the previous month.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/no-twin-eclipses-but-only-loss-of-tithi.html

Part 13 of the Mbh dating series:

Explains why the war could not have started in Margashira & why the current thinking on identifying Gita Jayanti in lunar Margashira is wrong.

And Vyasa's nimittas are analysed to show that they hint at a cosmic impact

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/vyasas-nimittas-suggesting-cosmic.html

Part 14 of the Mbh dating series:

Arundhati (Alcor) shifted position, so did Dhruva (Polaris)

Scientific explanation for why Arundhati, Dhruva and Mars appeared to have shifted to right. The cause was a change in the refractive index.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/arundhati-alcor-shifted-position-so-did.html

Part 15 of the Mbh dating series:

The locations on earth that were hit by the fragments of the comet on 3136 BCE listed. The clinching evidence comes from "Piora Oscillation" that detects a cosmic impact around this date leading to global climate change

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/evidence-of-comet-hit-of-3136-bce-from.html

Part 16 of the Mbh dating series:

The sequence of events starting from the end of exile is listed. It is found that Duryodhana didn't move his troops on Pushya day, nor could he do the ritual on Jyeshtha Amawasya because Amawasya advanced by two days.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/month-wise-sequence-of-mahabharata.html

Part 17 of the Mbh dating series:

The 1st and the last days of Balarama's pilgrimage validated, showing that the war started in Pushya month and the day after Balarama's return Magha month started that turned out to be Adhika masa forcing Bhishma to wait

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/validating-first-and-last-day-of.html

Part 18 of the Mbh dating series:

The two armies assembled at Kurukshetra on a day (Krishna Shashti) that moon was battered in the previous month. Sanjaya records certain celestial events that are well corroborated with the traditional date.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/armies-assembled-gita-rendered-by.html

Part 19 of the Mbh dating series:

The war started on Pushya Shukla Dwadasi (23rd Oct, 3136 BCE). All of Vyasa's planetary references match with the planetary positions of this date proving the accuracy of Vyasa's version.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-starting-date-of-mahabharata-war.html

Part 20 of the Mbh dating series:

Bhishma fell on the 10th day of the war, 7 days after a lunar eclipse. The reference to this lunar eclipse appears in the version of Drona which firms up the traditional date of the war in 3136 BCE

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-fall-of-bhishma-seven-days-after.html

Part 21 of the Mbh dating series:

This part explains Krishna's trick of faking sunset to help Arjuna kill Jayadratha.

A real solar eclipse on the 19th day of the war at the time of the mace-fight mentioned in the text is also corroborated.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/a-mimicked-solar-eclipse-on-14th-day.html

Part 22 of the Mbh dating series:

With Adhika masa starting immediately after the mace-fight, the Pandavas spent the month near Bhagirathi & returned on Nija Magha Dwitiya for coronation (11th Dec 3136 BCE)

Discrepancy in Bhishma's waiting days discussed
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-coronation-of-yudhishthira-and.html

Part 23 of the Mbh dating series:

The 58 days of waiting as told by Bhishma and the 56 days as told by Krishna are analysed using tithi- star alignment.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/month-tithi-nakshatra-alignment-for-58.html

Part 24 of the Mbh dating series:

The second day of conversation with Bhishma ended with a revelation settling down the controversy on Ganesha as the scribe for Mahabharata. It is also revealed that Ganesh Caturthi as we do today originated in Mbh times

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-second-day-of-conversation-with.html

Part 25 of the Mbh dating series:

The day of Bhishma rendering Vishnu Sahasranama deciphered. It was on the last day of the 4 days of conversation between Bhishma and the Pandavas. It was Magha Shukla Shashthi and not Ekadasi. Reasons given.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-day-of-vishnu-sahasranama-rendered.html

Part 26 of the Mbh dating series:

The last day of Bhishma is validated by fulfilling Tithi-dvayam & Rohini at sunrise and solar-lunar Magha coming together.
The Mbh time-line starting from start of the exile to exit of Krishna marking Kali Yuga given.
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-end-of-saga-of-bhishma-and.html

Part 27 of the Mbh dating series:

The date of Krishna's exit corroborated to show that Kali Maha Yuga started after he left.
Controversies on ayanamsa, Kali yuga date, Shaka and Saptarishi in Magha verse are resolved.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/krishna-left-and-kali-maha-yuga-started.html

Part 28 of the Mbh dating series:

Evacuation route of Dwarakans escaping the flood analysed. The location of Krishna's Dwaraka and the cause of the flood given.
Analysis done to show that comet-hit before war should not be confused with Flood at Dwaraka
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/locating-krishnas-dwaraka-now-under.html

Part 29 of the Mbh dating series:

Re-settlement of Dwarakans escaping from the flood analysed. Kritavarma-s settled at Mehrgarh while Satyaki-s stayed at Saraswati. With Saindhavas continuing at Indus, Mbh ppl were seen to have started Harappan culture.

https://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/from-mehrgarh-to-saraswati-dwarka.html

Part 30 of the Mbh dating series:

In this final part more evidences linking the Post Mahabharata people with the Early Harappan culture given. The series closes with my reflections on suspected interpolations, length & authorship of Mbh.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/01/my-reflections-on-harappan-connection.html

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Supplement 1: Ayanamsa

Use of astronomy software to date Mahabharata is questioned on the basis of tropical zodiac (sayana) used therein. Ayanamsa concept is explained along with the importance of 0-Aries (fixed zodiac) used in Indic astronomy.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/02/what-is-ayanamsa-why-and-how-was.html
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Supplement 2: Division of the zodiac different in astronomy software.

Dr. Manish Pandit's 3067 BCE is taken as a case study to show that solstices & equinoxes for that date are different from Vedic system. Use of Drik- Lahiri ayanamsa is proved faulty.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/03/limitations-of-astronomy-simulators-for.html

Supplement 3: Problems with Julian date of astronomy software for dating Mbh.

Why the Julian date of the astronomy software can never corroborate the Vedic date of Mahabharata is mathematically proved. Any dating research of Itihasa fit to be rejected.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/03/mathematical-proof-for-why-julian-date.html
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Supplement 4: Calculation of longi of stars & planets different in astronomy software.

Mr.Nilesh Oak's 5561 BCE is taken as case study to show that the coordinates to locate a star (Arundhati) different in astronomy software. Mr.Oak's faux pas explained
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/03/arundhati-vasishtha-in-western-vs-indic.html

Supplement 5: Is Kali Yuga a fabricated concept? A background analysis.

Kali date that is floating now as 17th /18th Feb 3012 BCE is a fabricated date from Julian period. The continuous mis-interpretation of Kali date from Burgess to Raghavan discussed.
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/03/is-kali-yuga-fabricated-concept.html

Supplement 6: Yuga computation took place only after 11,700 BCE.

Ever since Yuga computation in lakhs of years was done (after 11,700 BCE), the expected conjunction of all the planets to herald Kali Yuga was waited upon. It was due during Mahabharata.
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/03/yuga-computation-took-place-only-after.html

Supplement 7: Sandhya, Sandhyamsa & onset of next Yuga explained from Puranas & Bhagavatam.

Change of Yuga differs in Maha Yuga & Dharma Yuga. Planetary conjunction marks the former, decline of dharma, the latter. Kali onset in dharma Yuga in 575 bce.
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/03/sandhya-sandhyamsa-and-entry-of-kali-in.html

Supplement 8: Arrival of Indian monsoon signaled the start of Treta Yuga in Dharma scale.

1st spell of SWM at 11k BCE pushed Manu into R.Saraswati. When the 2nd spell of SWM started at 9.5k BCE, Treta Yuga began. Chronology in Dharma Yuga scale explained.
http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/03/arrival-of-indian-monsoon-signaled.html

Supplement 9: Kali Yuga date mathematically proved.

The sequence of the week day on the 1st day of any Kali year cannot happen as it is now, if Kali Yuga didn't start on a Friday in 3101 BCE. This is established by a mathematical calculation.

http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2021/03/kali-yuga-date-mathematically-proved.html