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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 Nakshatras - Wikipedia

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    The following list gives the corresponding regions of sky. [1] Months in the modern Indian national calendar-- despite still carrying names that derive from the nakshatras -- do not signify any material correlation. It stands to reason that during the original naming of these months -- whenever that happened -- they were indeed based on the ...

  4. Category:Months of the Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Months of the Hindu calendar" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  5. Hindu units of time - Wikipedia

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    24 hours (1 day & night: kalpa + pralaya) of Brahma = 8.64 billion solar years; 30 days (1 month) of Brahma = 259.2 billion solar years; 12 months (1 year) of Brahma = 3.1104 trillion solar years; 50 years (parardha) of Brahma = 155.52 trillion solar years; 100 years (lifespan: 2 parardhas) of Brahma = 311.04 trillion solar years

  6. 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.

  7. Ritu (season) - Wikipedia

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    The season names corresponds to the Sanskrit Vasanta, Grishma, Varsha, Sharada, Hemanta, Shishira order. The Bengali Calendar is similar to the Sanskrit calendar above, but differs in start and end times which moves certain dates/days around (i.e., Vasant Panchami occurs here in Vasant ritu but in the calendar above, it occurs in Shishir as ...

  8. Vikram Samvat - Wikipedia

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    The month that the new year starts varies by region or sub-culture. Upto 13 April 2025, it will be 2081 BS in the BS calendar. The names of months in the Vikram Samvat in Sanskrit and Nepali, [30] [31] with their roughly corresponding Gregorian months, respectively are:

  9. Nanakshahi calendar - Wikipedia

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    Year 1 is the Year of Guru Nanak's Birth (1469 CE). As an example, 19 December 2024 CE is Nanakshahi 556. Is Based on Gurbani [30] – Month Names are taken from Guru Granth Sahib [31] Contains 5 Months of 31 days followed by 7 Months of 30 days; Leap year every 4 Years in which the last month (Phagun) has an extra day; Approved by Akal Takht ...