| HINDU NEW YEAR CALENDAR 2012 |
| January | February | March |
14 - Makarsankranti / Pongal 28 - Vasant Panchami | 20- Mahashivratri | 08 - Holi 23 - Hindi New Year |
| April | May | June |
01 - Ramanavami 03 - Baisakhi / Vishu 04 - Bengali New Year 06 - Hanuman Jayanti 13 - Tamil New Year 24 - Akshaya Tritiya | 05 - Vaisakhi | 21 - Savitri Pooja 21 - Puri Rath Yatra |
| July | August | September |
03 - Guru Purnima 24 - Nag Panchami | 02 - Raksha-bandhan 10 - Krishna Janmashtami 29-Onam | 19 - Ganesh Chaturthi 30 - Pitr-paksha Begins |
| October | November | December |
15 - Pitr-paksha Ends 16 - Navaratri Begins 21 - Durga Puja Begins 23 - Navaratri Ends 24 - Dusshera 29 - Lakshmi Puja | 03 - Karwa Chauth 12 - Dhan Teras 13 - Diwali 28 - Kartik Poornima | |
Other hindus, especially those in
Nepal follow the Bikram Sambat Calendar
which marks the Gregorian year 2001,
as B.S 2057. Bikram Sambat has 57
years more than the A D year.
New
Vikram Sambat starts from the Chaitra
Purnima i.e the 13th of April in the
Julien Calendar. In India, this calendar
is extensively followed in the North.
It is popularly known in India as
the 'Malava Era' or simply 'Samvat'.
The other calendars are the
- Lunar Calendar
- Solar Calendar
- Kaliyuga Era
- Kollam Era
- Bengali San
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