Nepali Bikram Samvat
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Nepali Bikram Samvat is Nepal’s official lunisolar calendar system, used for civil, cultural, and religious purposes and running approximately 56–57 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nepali Hindu calendar | 3 |
| Vikram Samvat era | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar system
ⓘ
lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| alignment | aligned with solar transit through zodiac signs ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
B.S.
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Bikram Sambat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateOffsetFromGregorian | 56–57 years ahead ⓘ |
| approximateYearLength | 365 or 366 days ⓘ |
| basedOn | Vikram Samvat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calendarBasis | solar months with lunar elements ⓘ |
| calendarFamily | Hindu calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Gregorian calendar in Nepal ⓘ |
| countryUsedIn | Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateNotation | year-month-day in official use ⓘ |
| eighthMonth | Mangsir ⓘ |
| eleventhMonth | Falgun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraName | Bikram Samvat era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraStart | Vikramaditya era ⓘ |
| fifthMonth | Bhadra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstMonth | Baisakh ⓘ |
| fourthMonth | Shrawan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leapYearRule | similar to Gregorian leap year rule with adjustments ⓘ |
| monthStructure | 12 months ⓘ |
| ninthMonth | Poush ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official calendar of Nepal ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageContext | Nepali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUserCommunity | Nepali people ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| relatedCalendar |
Gregorian calendar
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Indian national calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| secondMonth | Jestha ⓘ |
| seventhMonth | Kartik ⓘ |
| sixthMonth | Ashwin ⓘ |
| tenthMonth | Magh ⓘ |
| thirdMonth | Ashadh ⓘ |
| timeReckoning | counts years from a historical king Vikramaditya ⓘ |
| twelfthMonth | Chaitra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Nepal
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Nepali educational institutions ⓘ Nepali media ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil purposes
ⓘ
cultural purposes ⓘ religious purposes ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
astrological calculations in Nepal
ⓘ
festivals in Nepal ⓘ official documents in Nepal ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script ⓘ |
| yearStartMonth | Baisakh ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vikram Samvat era
this entity surface form:
Nepali Hindu calendar
this entity surface form:
Nepali Hindu calendar