Nepali Bikram Samvat
E448536
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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nepali Hindu calendar | 3 |
| Nepali Bikram Samvat canonical | 1 |
| Vikram Samvat era | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4513045 — 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: Nepali Bikram Samvat Context triple: [Hindu lunisolar calendar, hasRegionalVariant, Nepali Bikram Samvat]
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A.
Nanakshahi calendar
The Nanakshahi calendar is a solar calendar used in Sikhism to determine the dates of religious festivals and commemorate events in the lives of the Sikh Gurus.
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B.
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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C.
Sinhalese Buddhist calendar
The Sinhalese Buddhist calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used primarily in Sri Lanka to determine religious festivals, auspicious times, and cultural observances within the Sinhalese Buddhist community.
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D.
Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
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E.
Nepal Time
Nepal Time is the standard time zone of Nepal, set at UTC+5:45 and used nationwide including in the capital, Kathmandu.
- 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: Nepali Bikram Samvat Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Nanakshahi calendar
The Nanakshahi calendar is a solar calendar used in Sikhism to determine the dates of religious festivals and commemorate events in the lives of the Sikh Gurus.
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B.
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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C.
Sinhalese Buddhist calendar
The Sinhalese Buddhist calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used primarily in Sri Lanka to determine religious festivals, auspicious times, and cultural observances within the Sinhalese Buddhist community.
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D.
Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
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E.
Nepal Time
Nepal Time is the standard time zone of Nepal, set at UTC+5:45 and used nationwide including in the capital, Kathmandu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar system
ⓘ
lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| alignment | aligned with solar transit through zodiac signs ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
B.S.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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
NERFINISHED
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Nepali educational institutions ⓘ Nepali media ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil purposes
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cultural purposes ⓘ religious purposes ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
astrological calculations in Nepal
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festivals in Nepal ⓘ official documents in Nepal ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script ⓘ |
| yearStartMonth | Baisakh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nepali Bikram Samvat Description of subject: 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.
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