Definition of Hindu calendar. Meaning of Hindu calendar. Synonyms of Hindu calendar

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Definition of Hindu calendar

Hindu calendar
Hindoo Hin"doo, or Hindu calendar Hindu, calendar . A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). Note: The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows: Baisakh . . . . . . . . . . April-May Jeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June Asarh . . . . . . . . . . . . June-July Sawan (Sarawan) . . . . . . . July-Aug. Bhadon . . . . . . . . . . . Aug.-Sept. Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct. Katik (Kartik) . . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov. Aghan . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov.-Dec. Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec.-Jan. Magh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb. Phagun (Phalgun) . . . . . . . Feb.-March Chait . . . . . . . . . . . . March-April

Meaning of Hindu calendar from wikipedia

- The Hindu calendar, also called Panchanga (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्ग), is one of various lunisolar calendars that are traditionally used in the Indian subcontinent...
- and the lunisolar calendars operate based on Dolu Utsava. Hindu calendar dates are usually prescribed according to a lunisolar calendar. In Vedic timekeeping...
- cycle of the Tamil calendar: The months of the Tamil Calendar have great significance and are deeply rooted in the faith of Tamil Hindus. Some months are...
- ****enistic period they gave rise to the ancient Roman calendar and to various Hindu calendars. Calendars in antiquity were lunisolar, depending on the introduction...
- Coligny and Hebrew lunisolar calendars track more or less the tropical year whereas the Buddhist and Hindu lunisolar calendars track the sidereal year. Therefore...
- and this is called the Tamil calendar (though Tamil calendar uses month names like in Hindu Calendar) and Malayalam calendar and these have origins in the...
- ****am. Unlike the traditional Indian Hindu calendar which starts with the month of Choitro, the Bengali calendar starts with Boishakh because of the reforms...
- moon day) falling on the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna, which falls around the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. Holi (Hindi: होली, Gujarati:...
- sidereal zodiac normally used with the Hindu and Buddhist calendars. Chaitra is the first month of the calendar and begins on or near the March equinox...
- Vikrama Saṁvata; abbreviated VS), also known as the Vikrami calendar is a national Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still also...