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It is celebrated on the full moon day of the Vaisakha month of the Buddhist calendar. [6] April 14: Ambedkar Jayanti: Fixed Honors B. R. Ambedkar (1891-1956), the father of Indian Constitution, who was born on April 14, 1891 [7] December 25: Christmas Day: Fixed
The Japanese New Year (正月, Shōgatsu) is an annual festival that takes place in Japan.Since 1873, the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on January 1 of each year, New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu).
Hindus celebrate a diverse number of festivals and celebrations, many of which commemorate events from ancient India and often align with seasonal changes. [1] These festivities take place either on a fixed annual date on the solar calendar , or on a specific day of the lunisolar calendar .
December 2016 Aden suicide bombing. A suicide bomber kills at least 50 soldiers and injures 70 more at a military barracks in Aden, Yemen. December 2016 Istanbul bombings. Two bombs, one detonated by a suicide bomber, near the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, kill at least 29 people and injure more than 150 others. Ten people have been ...
As per the Hindu Calendar, it falls on Shukla Paksha Pratipada in the Hindu month of Kartik. As per the Indian Calendar based on the lunar cycle, Kartik is the first month of the year and the New Year in Gujarat falls on the first bright day of Kartik (Ekam). In other parts of India, New Year celebrations begin in the spring.
The Hindu calendar is based on a geocentric model of the Solar System. A large part of this calendar is defined based on the movement of the Sun and the Moon around the Earth (saura māna and cāndra māna respectively). Furthermore, it includes synodic, sidereal, and tropical elements. Many variants of the Hindu calendar have been created by ...
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 Odia calendar (Odia: ପାଞ୍ଜି Pāñji) is a solar calendar used by the Odia people from the Odisha region of the Indian subcontinent. The calendar follows the sidereal solar cycle while using the lunar Purnimanta phase for the religious dates. [1] The New Year in the Odia calendar is known as Maha Bishuba Sankranti or Pana Sankranti.