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The Buddhist calendar and the traditional lunisolar calendars of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand are also based on an older version of the Hindu calendar. Similarly, the ancient Jain traditions have followed the same lunisolar system as the Hindu calendar for festivals, texts and inscriptions. However, the Buddhist and Jain ...
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The Hindu calendar is based on a geocentric model of the Solar System. [1] A geocentric model describes the Solar System as seen by an observer on the surface of the Earth. The Hindu calendar defines nine measures of time (Sanskrit: मान IAST: māna): [2] brāhma māna; divya māna; pitraya māna; prājāpatya māna; guror māna; saura ...
It falls in the two months of Shravana and Bhadrapada of the Hindu calendar, or July and August of the Gregorian calendar. [3] It is preceded by Grishma, the summer season, and followed by Sharada, the autumn season. In addition to the season, the word Varsha can also be used for rain or rainfall. [4] In Urdu, Varsha (rainfall) is referred to ...
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 ...
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In lunar religious calendars, Bhadra begins on the new moon or full moon in August or September and is the sixth month of the year. The festival of Ganesha Chaturthi , which celebrates the birthday of Ganesha , is observed from 4-10 Bhadrapada in the bright fortnight ( Shukla Paksha ) and is the main holiday of the year in Maharashtra .
Indian calendar may refer to any of the calendars, used for civil and religious purposes in India and other parts of Southeast Asia: The Indian national calendar (a variant of the Shalivahana calendar), the calendar officially used by the Government of India. Hindu calendars; Vikram calendar; Jain calendar; Tamil calendar; Bengali calendar ...