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Baisakh (Nepal): The first day of Baisakh is celebrated as Nepalese New Year [25] because it is the day which marks Hindu Solar New Year [26] as per the solar Nepali Bikram Sambat. Varsha Pratipada or Bestu Varas: It is considered an auspicious day celebrated in the Indian state of Gujarat to mark the New Year according to the Vikram Samvat ...
Calendars based on solar cycle (solar months in solar year, lunar phase for religious dates but new year which falls on solar date – South and Southeast Asian solar New Year): Assamese calendar – Assam; Bengali calendar – West Bengal, Bangladesh, Tripura, Barrak Region of Assam and parts of Jharkhand. Odia calendar – Odisha
The Gazette of India is dated in both the Gregorian calendar and the Indian national calendar. The Indian national calendar, also called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [1]
The origin of the leap year can be traced back to around 46 BCE when Julius Caesar reformatted the Roman lunar-based calendar into a solar-based calendar, including leap years, with the hopes of ...
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.
A candra māna varṣa or lunar year is made up of 12 consecutive candramāsa. [5] These twelve candramāsa are designated by unique names caitra, vaiśākha, etc. [note 2] In some instances an additional candramāsa, known as an adhikamāsa, is added to synchronise the candra māna varṣa with the solar year or saura māna varṣa.
On a non-Leap Year, some leapers choose to celebrate the big day on Feb. 28. Some choose to celebrate on March 1. Some even choose both days or claim the whole month of February to celebrate.
For a year to be a leap year, it has to be divisible by four or 400. “The Earth takes approximately 365.2422 days to complete one orbit around the sun, which is slightly longer than 365 days.