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  2. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu mathematicians who calculated the best way to adjust the two years, over long periods of a yuga (era, tables calculating 1000s of years), they determined that the best means to intercalate the months is to time the intercalary months on a 19-year cycle, similar to the Metonic cycle used in the Hebrew calendar. This intercalation is ...

  3. List of date formats by country - Wikipedia

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    Yes. Long formats: English: mmmm d, yyyy. DMY dates are also used occasionally, primarily by, but not limited to, government institutions such as on the data page of passports, and immigration and customs forms. Filipino: ika- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy [135] or a- d ng mmmm (,) yyyy. (Note: Month and year can be shortened.

  4. Vikram Samvat - Wikipedia

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    Vikram Samvat. Vikram Samvat (ISO: Vikrama Saṁvata; abbreviated VS), also known as the Vikrami calendar is a national Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still also used in several Indian states and Nepal. [1][2] It is a solar calendar, using twelve to thirteen lunar months each solar sidereal years.

  5. Date and time representation by country - Wikipedia

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    The little-endian format (day, month, year; 1 June 2022) is the most popular format worldwide, followed by the big-endian format (year, month, day; 2006 June 1). Dates may be written partly in Roman numerals (i.e. the month) [citation needed] or written out partly or completely in words in the local language.

  6. Hindu units of time - Wikipedia

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    The lifespan of the Devas (gods) lasts for 100 of their years. [21] 24 hours (1 day & night) of Devas = 1 solar year (Sun's two 180-day motions: northern and southern) 30 days (1 month) of Devas = 30 solar years (1 year of Pitris) 12 months (1 year) of Devas = 360 solar years; 100 years (lifespan) of Devas = 36,000 solar years

  7. ISO 8601 - Wikipedia

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    [17] The separator used between date values (year, month, week, and day) is the hyphen, while the colon is used as the separator between time values (hours, minutes, and seconds). For example, the 6th day of the 1st month of the year 2009 may be written as "2009-01-06" in the extended format or as "20090106" in the basic format without ambiguity.

  8. Date and time notation in India - Wikipedia

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    The month-day-year (12/31/1999) in short format, is never used in India except regionally in Bodo. [citation needed] Mondays are the start of the week as per ISO 8601. Traditionally, Sunday (Ravivar) is considered as the first day of the week in India and the official calendar reckoned by the Government Of India has Sunday to Saturday as the ...

  9. Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    e. An animation that illustrates a geocentric model of the Solar System. The Hindu calendar is based on a geocentric model of the Solar System. [1] A geocentric model describes the Solar System as seen by an observer on the surface of the Earth. The Hindu calendar defines nine measures of time (Sanskrit: मान IAST: māna): [2] brāhma māna.