India is a country rich in gods, history and culture. The calendars gathered here share only that one common thread: the country of India. I found you a calendar with paintings and textiles from the ancient courts of the country as well as calendars featuring photographs of Indian women, modern popular Hindu religious art and posters that were once spread to make Indians into proper citizens.

Blissful Company 2012 Wall Calendar
This new wall calendar for 2012 features twelve color illustrations from the art of Hinduism: showing Hindu Gods and Goddesses.

India National Geographic 2012 Wall Calendar National Geographic India 2012 takes you on an exotic tour of India, with compelling photographs featuring unique architecture and varied landscapes in saturated color. Experience the culture and beauty of India through these images.

Unfortunately that’s the only 2012 calendar devoted to India I could find.

One of the hallmarks of Hindu spirituality is the worship of this infinite diversity of the One Unknowable Divine in a multiplicity of forms.

The depth and majesty of India’s magical pantheon of deities is illuminated in the Hindu Gods & Goddesses 2011 wall calendar, featuring the art of B.G. Sharma and Indra Sharma. B.G. Sharma, a painter of miniatures, is famous throughout India for his originality in composition, design and ornamentation. Indra Sharma comes from a long line of traditional painters dedicated to exerting a genuine spiritual influence on society through artistic means.

By Amber Lotus

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Most people into astrology have a need to know when mercury goes retrograde, when the moon is full, what days are best for starting new things etc. The 2012 Llewellyn Astrological Pocket Planner does all that – while also functioning as the place to keep track of your plans, appointments, notes etc.

While useful for astrological purposes, this planner is also just a good date book. It has week at a glance, which is really the format I like best.  Featuring three years of astrological ephemeris and aspectarian data (2011–2013), you’ll learn the best time to plant a garden, begin new projects, meditate, go fishing, and more. - which most astrological planners don’t have. And of course all these include the astrological information you’d expect of Llewellyn.

Unlike other astrological guides you can find, this planner is NOT based on your personal astrological sign of the zodiac. Instead it helps you by giving you information on the astrological tides that influence all of us: retrograde planets, how the moon influences our life etc.

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Religion and fun is not the most obvious combination, but spirituality and happiness are close friends after all. In very different ways the following calendars will remind you of the lighter side of life and help you be happy (or at least happier). They contain visual jokes, fun puns and uplifting quotes inspired by Christianity and general spirituality.

Church Signs 2012 Mini Desk Calendar Read the Bible. It’s user-friendly, plus we offer tech support here on Sundays at 10 a.m. The Church Signs 2012 Calendar is filled with quotes like this that are uplifting, thought provoking, and even humorous.

It has a magnetic back so it will stick to your fridge.

Mischievous Habits 2012 Mini Wall Calendar
The habits of nuns can pose some interesting speculation. What wicked thoughts lie under those stiff white wimples? What do the pious expression and folded hands hide? The 2012 Mischievous Habits calendar provides answers to these cardinal questions in a devilishly funny way.

Nuns Having Fun 2012 Wall Calendar
A charming and lighthearted paean to play and spontaneous fun. Every month, Nuns Having Fun peeks behind the veil of convent life, offering an unexpectedly delightful image of nuns on their downtime.

As seen on the Ellen DeGeneres Show

Funny religious humor calendars from previous years:
Laugh Lines 2010 Wall Calendar

The whimsical art and in-the-trenches insights of Renee Locks’ Laugh Lines invite us to live a little and laugh a lot each and every day.

Published by Brush Dance

3,650 Things to be Happy About 2010 Desk Calendar

Smile! This fun calendar is back and with a new die-cut shape, it’s more irresistible than ever. Adapted from the million-copy bestseller 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, the calendar celebrates the simple joys in life:  the kind that is everywhere, at all times. Ten reasons to smile every day add up to a year of all-around happiness.

Hooray for the “habit-forming” (Maxim) calendar that has charmed its way into being one of our bestselling wall calendars.

Proclaimed “funniest calendar of the year” by Gene Shalit and packed with vintage photographs of nuns letting loose, Nuns Having Fun is a delightful celebration of simple pleasures and sheer, spontaneous amusements. The sweetly nostalgic photographs are black-and-white and date back to the 1950s and ’60s.

By Workman Publishing

Church Signs 2010 Mini Desk Calendar

Come work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours are long, and the pay is low. But the retirement benefits are out of this world. This quote and others like it are included in this uplifting and funny calendar. Whether originally seen on church billboards or bumper stickers, these little sayings are sure to add a little
inspiration and spirit to each day.

Published by Andrews McMeel

Mischievous Habits 2010 Mini Wall Calendar

This calendar celebrating nuns is a bit more naughty. The habits of nuns can pose some interesting speculation. What wicked thoughts lie under those stiff white wimples that will have to be confessed later? The Mischievous Habits calendar provides answers to such cardinal questions in a devilishly funny way. These divinely witty nuns, with their impish thoughts, will lighten your heart all year long.

By Graphique De France

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As an ordained nun in the Tibetan Buddhist Vajrayana tradition, Pema Chodron inspires with her day to day wisdom. Amber Lotus has created three calendars in her honor: a wall calendar, a mini wall calendar and an engagement planner or date book. All three are beautifully done and the inspirational and uplifting quotes from Pema’s books, which are designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness within the challenges of daily life. These insightful quotes are paired with beautifully evocative and meditative nature photography by Frans Lanting.

2012 Pema Chodron Planner

Pema Chodron 2012 Engagement Calendar

Features quotes from Ms. Chodron’s book Taking the Leap, which is designed to help us cultivate compassion, courage and awareness within the challenges of daily life.

-Hard cover with Wire-O binding
-52 weekly pages with month- and year-at-a-glance
-12 full-color images & beautifully illustrated throughout
-Extra lined note pages and a pocket
-Elastic band closure.

2012 Pema Chodron Wall Calendar

Pema Chodron: Awakening the Heart 2012 Wall Calendar

Also features quotes from Ms. Chodron’s book Taking the Leap, which is an inspiring (and practically short) meditation manual that will help you deal with the challenges of day to day life.

The interior pages of this calendar are printed on 100% recycled, 50% post-consumer paper, processed chlorine free and printed with soy based inks. In addition to printing our products on recycled paper, Amber Lotus Publishing continues to plant trees and offset our carbon footprint with NativeEnergy.

Pema Chodron 2012 Mini Wall Calendar 
Best-selling author Pema Chodron is a leading exponent of teachings on meditation and how they apply to everyday life. She is widely known for her charming and down-to-earth interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism for Western audiences. Pema studied under the meditation master Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is the resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery for Westerners.
Pema Chodron: Awakening the Heart 2012 mini wall calendar features quotes from Ms. Chodron’s book The Places That Scare You, which is designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness within the challenges of daily life. On this calendar too her insightful quotes are paired with Frans Lanting’s nature photography.

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Mindful Living 2012 Hardcover Engagement Calendar
Live a more mindful life throughout the year with this calendar featuring breathtaking art and reflective words of wisdom. This calendar features one week per page. Other features include monthly planning calendars, tabbed monthly sections, plenty of space for notes and addresses, and an elastic closure.

Mindful Living 2012 Pocket Planner
Live a more mindful life throughout the year with this calendar featuring breathtaking art and reflective words of wisdom. This calendar features one week per page, beginning with Monday. The perfect size for pockets, purses or briefcases.

Thich Nhat Hanh 2012 Hardcover Engagement Calendar
Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is a teacher, scholar and peace activist who lectures throughout the world and writes on the practice of mindfulness and peaceful living. His dedication to peace and his compassionate understanding of the human condition make him one of the world’s most admired leaders. Meditation artwork by Nicholas Kirsten-Honshin.

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For those of us who are daily inspired by spiritual sources, quotes are often of great significant. I’ve collected spiritual quotes for years now and love it when a calendar features more uplifting quotes.

Jewel of the Lotus 2012 Wall Calendar
The Lotus rises from the muddy depths of water, drawn by light, emerging as a stunning jewel. Revered for centuries, the Lotus is seen as an auspicious flower, symbolizing beauty, purity and the process towards enlightenment. Enjoy a full year of colorful nature photographs and uplifting quotes.

Published by Brush Dance

Splendor 2012 Wall Calendar
Renowned photographer Tony Stuart captures the sophisticated essence of these vivid blossoming beauties.

Flowers A Universe Revealed 2012 Wall Calendar
Christopher Gruver’s stunning photography presents a wildly beautiful and vivid experience of the universe of flowers. An avid lover of nature and the outdoors, Gruver marries skill with instinct.

Drawing on his intuitive link to aesthetic and essence, Gruver creates striking compositions that reveal the delicacy and vibrancy of nature. Each month is accompanied by a poetic interlude connecting our human voyage with the living intimacy of a flower.

By Amber Lotus

Flower Spirits 2012 Wall Calendar
Photographer and radiology technologist Steven N. Meyers uses x-ray photography to reveal the textures, details, and structures of plants that are not normally visible to the human eye. To obtain these effects, Steven uses supersensitive, large format film. For Flower Spirits, his radiographs have been digitally-colorized to create beautiful, luminous images from nature.

By Seller’s Publishing, Inc.

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The Jewish Calendar 2011-2012 WEEKLY Engagement Calendar by the New York Jewish Museum. This best selling calendar includes full-color illustrations of Judaic ceremonial masterpieces along with selections from the museum’s exceptional fine art collection. In practical terms you’ll be reminded of US as well as Jewish holidays and Sabbath candle lighting times.

The Executive J Levine Jewish Calendar 5772 August 2011-December 2012 – A 17 Monthly Planner Shipping out fast, this monthly calendar also keeps you informed on the Jewish and US holidays.

Jewish Year
2011 agenda bookArt or recipes? Which will it be? I’ve found you a Jewish planner. It has beautiful Hebrew religious art, another (2010) that shares tasty Jewish recipes. Take your pick.

This beautiful planner features work from the internationally renowned collection of the Jewish Museum, New York. It includes full-color illustrations of Judaic ceremonial masterpieces along with selections from the museum’s renowned fine art collection.

This bright, upbeat Jewish planner is packed with delicious kosher recipes for Sabbath meals and holiday celebrations, meal-planning shopping lists, and organizational and inspirational tips, all supplied on perforated pages that can be detached and kept for future reference. Herself an Orthodox Jew, author Devorah Rosen Goldman shares her secrets and insights for inspired Jewish living. Pomegranate

Celebrate the Jewish year with this gorgeous selection of Judaica and fine art from The Jewish Museum in New York. Features a great variety of Jewish treasures from the museum’s collection, including Judaica, paintings, sculptures, and photographs. From classic to modern, from silverwork to paintings. The planner gives detailed information on the religious year: candle-lighting times; holidays, festivals, fasts, and feasts; and Torah portions and complete Haftara readings for the Sabbaths and high holidays.

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