Time Architecture

The Jantar Mantar observatories in Jaipur exemplify how ancient Hindu astronomy materialized solar cycles into architectural timekeeping, offering an alternative to Western gnomonics. This chapter reveals that the Sun's role as a temporal reference has been embedded in Earth–sky geometries for millennia, demonstrated through the observatory's intricate designs. By analyzing these structures alongside Vitruvius' De Architectura, it highlights the cross-cultural significance of solar-based time measurement and its enduring influence on cosmological architecture.

(Ed.). (2026). Time Architecture. Remote Space in the Architecture of Cosmology, 165–214. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-3399-1.ch005