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  2. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with further regional variations for social and Hindu religious purposes.

  3. Tirhuta Panchang - Wikipedia

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    The Maithili calendar is related to the Hindu solar calendar, which is itself based on the Surya Siddhanta. The Hindu solar calendar also starts in mid-April, and the first day of the calendar is celebrated as the traditional New Year in the Indian states of Assam, West Bengal, [5] Kerala, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, [6] and Tripura.

  4. Vikram Samvat - Wikipedia

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    The Rana dynasty of Nepal made the Bikram Sambat the official Hindu calendar in 1901 CE, which began as 1958 BS. [19] The new year in Nepal begins with the first day of the month of Baisakh, which usually falls around 13–15 April in the Gregorian calendar and ends with the last day of the month Chaitra.

  5. Vaisakha - Wikipedia

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    In the Indian national calendar, Vaisakha is the second month of the year. It is the first month of the Vikram Samvat calendar, Odia calendar, Maithili Calendar, Punjabi calendar, Assamese calendar (where it is called Bohag) and the Bengali calendar (where it is called Boishakh). [2] [3] This month lies between the second half of April and the ...

  6. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Vaisakha/Bohag (Assamese Calendar) – The first month of Hindu calendar Rongali Bihu (mid-April, also called Bohag Bihu), the most popular Bihu celebrates the onset of the Assamese New Year (around 15 April) and the coming of Spring. Hanuman Jayanti: Shri Hanuman Mandir: Hanuman Jayanti is the celebration of the birth of Hanuman, Rama's loyal ...

  7. Talk:List of calendars - Wikipedia

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    The main problem is the distinction between broad categories along cultural lines (like "Chinese calendar", "Hindu calendar" which discuss numerous regional or historical calendar variants) and specific reforms (such as Islamic calendar, Julian calendar, French Republican calendar).

  8. Tamil calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Manimekalai alludes to this very same Hindu solar calendar as we know it today [9] Adiyarkunalaar, an early medieval commentator or Urai-asiriyar mentions the twelve months of the Tamil calendar with particular reference to Chittirai i.e. mid-April. There were subsequent inscriptional references in Pagan, Burma dated to the 11th century CE ...

  9. Chaitra - Wikipedia

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    Chaitra (Sanskrit: चैत्र, romanized: Caitra) is a month of the Hindu calendar. In the standard Hindu calendar and India's national civil calendar, Chaitra is the first month of the year. It is the last month in the Bengali calendar, where it is called Choitro. Chaitra or Chait is also the last month in the Nepali calendar (the Vikram ...