Tamil calendar
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The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tamil calendar canonical | 13 |
| Tamil year cycle | 1 |
| Thai (Tamil month) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1802711 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tamil calendar Context triple: [Tamil people, calendar, Tamil calendar]
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A.
Bengali calendar
The Bengali calendar is a traditional solar calendar used primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal to determine regional festivals, agricultural cycles, and the Bengali New Year.
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B.
Hindu lunisolar calendar
The Hindu lunisolar calendar is a traditional timekeeping system used across the Indian subcontinent that combines lunar months with solar years to determine religious festivals, rituals, and regional New Year dates.
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C.
Assamese calendar
The Assamese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Assam, India, to determine regional festivals, agricultural cycles, and cultural observances.
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D.
Javanese calendar
The Javanese calendar is a traditional lunisolar timekeeping system from Java that blends indigenous, Islamic, and Hindu-Buddhist elements and is used to mark cultural and religious events.
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E.
Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tamil calendar Target entity description: The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
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A.
Bengali calendar
The Bengali calendar is a traditional solar calendar used primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal to determine regional festivals, agricultural cycles, and the Bengali New Year.
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B.
Hindu lunisolar calendar
The Hindu lunisolar calendar is a traditional timekeeping system used across the Indian subcontinent that combines lunar months with solar years to determine religious festivals, rituals, and regional New Year dates.
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C.
Assamese calendar
The Assamese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Assam, India, to determine regional festivals, agricultural cycles, and cultural observances.
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D.
Javanese calendar
The Javanese calendar is a traditional lunisolar timekeeping system from Java that blends indigenous, Islamic, and Hindu-Buddhist elements and is used to mark cultural and religious events.
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E.
Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunisolar calendar
ⓘ
traditional calendar system ⓘ |
| alignedWith |
Tamil New Year
ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil solar month Chithirai
|
| basedOn |
Moon
ⓘ
Sun ⓘ |
| culturallySignificantIn |
Tamil Hindu traditions
ⓘ
Shaivism ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil Shaivism
Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil Vaishnavism
|
| follows | sidereal solar year ⓘ |
| hasDayName |
Budhan
ⓘ
Nyayiru ⓘ Sani ⓘ Sevvai ⓘ Thingal ⓘ Velli ⓘ Vyazhan ⓘ |
| hasEra |
Kali Yuga
ⓘ
Saka era ⓘ Tamil calendar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil year cycle
|
| hasMonth |
Aadi
ⓘ
Aani ⓘ Aippasi ⓘ Avani ⓘ Chithirai Festival ⓘ
surface form:
Chithirai
Karthigai ⓘ Maasi ⓘ Margazhi ⓘ Panguni ⓘ Purattasi ⓘ Thai ⓘ Vaikasi ⓘ |
| hasNewYear | Puthandu ⓘ |
| hasWeekLength | 7 days ⓘ |
| hasYearCycleLength | 60 years ⓘ |
| hasYearNameSystem | 60-year Jovian cycle ⓘ |
| newYearFallsOn | mid-April ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hindu lunisolar calendar
ⓘ
surface form:
Hindu calendar
Kannada calendar ⓘ Malayalam calendar ⓘ Telugu calendar ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Tamil people
ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil diaspora
Tamil people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural planning in Tamil regions
ⓘ
determining agricultural cycles ⓘ determining auspicious dates ⓘ determining festivals ⓘ determining housewarming dates ⓘ determining marriage dates ⓘ fixing temple festival dates ⓘ |
| usedIn | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tamil calendar Description of subject: The Tamil calendar is a traditional solar-lunar calendar used primarily in Tamil Nadu and among Tamil communities worldwide to determine festivals, agricultural cycles, and auspicious dates.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Thai (Tamil month)
this entity surface form:
Tamil year cycle