Hindu solar calendar

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Hindu calendar solar calendar traditional calendar system

The Hindu solar calendar is a traditional Indian timekeeping system that tracks months and festivals based on the Sun’s apparent movement through the zodiac.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu calendar ⓘ
solar calendar ⓘ
traditional calendar system ⓘ
alignsWith seasons ⓘ
tropical year ⓘ
approximateYearLength 365 days ⓘ
associatedWith Sankranti system NERFINISHED ⓘ
regional Hindu traditions ⓘ
basedOn Sun’s apparent movement through the zodiac ⓘ
coexistsWith Hindu lunisolar festival calendar ⓘ
definesMonthBy Sun’s transit through a zodiac sign ⓘ
follows apparent motion of the Sun ⓘ
hasConcept solar month ⓘ
solar year ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Baisakhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Makara Sankranti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odia New Year (Pana Sankranti) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pohela Boishakh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puthandu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rongali Bihu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vishu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariant Assamese solar calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bengali solar calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malayalam solar calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odia solar calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punjabi solar calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shaka Samvat solar reckoning NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamil solar calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vikram Samvat solar reckoning ⓘ
historicalOrigin Vedic timekeeping practices ⓘ
ancient Indian astronomy ⓘ
influencedBy Siddhantic astronomical texts ⓘ
Surya Siddhanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPurpose to track the Sun’s path for civil and ritual use ⓘ
relatedTo Hindu lunisolar calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizedIn different forms by various Indian regions ⓘ
usedFor agricultural timing ⓘ
determining festivals ⓘ
determining months ⓘ
religious observances ⓘ
usedIn Hindu communities worldwide ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedToFix harvest festivals ⓘ
regional New Year dates ⓘ
solar Sankranti observances ⓘ
usesZodiac rāśi (zodiac signs) ⓘ

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Uttarayan → followsCalendar → Hindu solar calendar ⓘ
Maghi → followsCalendar → Hindu solar calendar ⓘ
Sakrat → followsCalendar → Hindu solar calendar ⓘ
Bengali calendar → relatedTo → Hindu solar calendar ⓘ