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  2. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] A Hindu calendar is sometimes referred to as Panchangam (पञ्चाङ्गम्), which is also known as Panjika in Eastern India. [3] The ancient Hindu calendar conceptual design is also found in the Babylonian calendar, the Chinese calendar, and the Hebrew calendar, but different from the Gregorian calendar. [4]

  3. Panchangam - Wikipedia

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    Panchaanga in Kannada Tamil Vakya Panchangam. A panchāngam (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्गम्; IAST: pañcāṅgam) is a Hindu calendar and almanac, which follows traditional units of Hindu timekeeping, and presents important dates and their calculations in a tabulated form.

  4. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Tenth day of waxing moon of Ashvin (Hindu calendar) Vijayadashami is the Hindu celebration of good over evil. Govatsa Dwadashi: In a poster condemning the consumption of beef, the sacred cow Kamadhenu is depicted as containing various deities within her body. Twelfth day of the waning moon fortnight (Krishna Paksha) in the month of Kartik ...

  5. Samvatsara - Wikipedia

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    Samvatsara (संवत्सर) is a Sanskrit term for a "year" in Vedic literature such as the Rigveda and other ancient texts. [1] In the medieval era literature, a samvatsara refers to the "Jovian year", that is a year based on the relative position of the planet Jupiter, while the solar year is called varsha.

  6. Tirhuta Panchang - Wikipedia

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    Tirhuta Panchang (Devanagari ... The Maithili calendar is related to the Hindu solar calendar, ... This page was last edited on 14 November 2024, ...

  7. Vikram Samvat - Wikipedia

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    Vaisakhi marks the beginning of Hindu Solar New Year in Punjab, Northern, Eastern, North-eastern and Central India according to the solar Vikram Samvat calendar. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] and marks the first day of the month of Vaisakha , which is usually celebrated on 13 or 14 April every year and is a historical and religious festival in Hinduism .

  8. Ugadi - Wikipedia

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    In Telugu and Kannada Hindu traditions, it is a symbolic reminder that one must expect all flavors of experiences in the coming new year and make the most of them. [6] Followers of the Souramana calendar system observe Ugadi in Karnataka, when the sun transits into the Aries Constellation, which is also the festival of Baisakhi , and is locally ...

  9. Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    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; divya māna; pitraya māna; prājāpatya māna; guror māna; saura ...