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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.
The Hindu calendar saka samvat system is found in Indonesian inscriptions, such as the Kedukan Bukit inscription (pictured above) dated to 604 Śaka, which is equivalent to 682 CE. [34] [35] Vikram Samvat (Bikram Sambat): A northern Indian almanac which started in 57 BCE, and is also called the Vikrama Era.
From Vikram samvat, Vira Nirvana Samvat is obtained by adding 470, except during April to November, when 469 should be added. That is because the North Indian (Chaitradi Purnimanta) Vikram Samvat increments with Chaitra Krishna to Chaitra Shukla transition, where as Vira Nirvana Samvat increments with Kartika Krishna to Kartika Shukla transition.
[4] [5] [6] In many parts of India such as Gujarat and Rajasthan, it is the regional traditional New Year Day in Vikram Samvat and also called the Bestu Varas or Varsha Pratipada. [7] [8] This is the half amongst the three and a half Muhūrtas in a year. Balipratipada is an ancient festival.
Vikram Sampath FRHistS is an Indian popular historian and columnist, who is noted for writing biographies of Gauhar Jaan, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Mysore Kings. He is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society , an Eisenhower and Aspen Global Fellow and Senior Research Fellow of Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society .
An example of Vikram Samvat YYYY-MM-DD usage used is the online news portal Onlinekhabar. [1] When using the Gregorian calendar, both YYYY-MM-DD (2025-02-27) and DD/MM/YYYY (27/02/2025) format can be used. While the DMY format (27 February 2025) is used when writing full Gregorian dates, the MDY format (February 27, 2025) is also acceptable.
- Vikram Samvat: 2085–2086 - Shaka Samvat: 1950–1951 - Kali Yuga: 5129–5130: Holocene calendar: 12029: Igbo calendar: 1029–1030: Iranian calendar: 1407–1408: Islamic calendar: 1450–1451: Japanese calendar: Reiwa 11 (令和11年) Javanese calendar: 1962–1963: Juche calendar: 118: Julian calendar: Gregorian minus 13 days: Korean ...
In the year Vikram Samvat 2043 Vaishakha Shukla Chaturthi (14 May 1986), on the eve of Akshaya Tritiya, he became group leader in Beawar. "In the year 2046 Bhaadrav Shukla Navami (9th of September 1989), he was appointed as Mahashraman in "Yogakshema Varsha" (keeping knowledge ever expanding). [11] This post was newly inaugurated. [12]