Hindu calendar
Subcontinental lunar schedule
The Hindu calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar system used in India and Nepal for religious and cultural observances.
Multiple regional variants exist, but most share a structure of twelve lunar months with periodic adjustments to align with the solar year.
Hindu festivals like Diwali and Holi are dated according to this calendar rather than the Gregorian one.
Moon's orbital period
Hindu worship ritual
- auspiciousIndicating future success
- inauspiciousShowing poor prospects
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- observanceKeeping of customs
pilgrimage · sacred · ceremony
Non-weekend calendar day
Day of maximum tilt
- equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
- zodiac signBirth-date astrological symbol
- transitMovement between places
- ingressAccess or entry right
Mind-body exercise discipline
- horaTraditional circular folk dance
- ephemerisCelestial body position chart
- almanacYearly data compilation
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
lunar month
Moon's orbital period
Diwali
Hindu festival of lights
- HoliSpring festival of colors
puja
Hindu worship ritual
- auspiciousIndicating future success
- inauspiciousShowing poor prospects
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
observance · pilgrimage · sacred · ceremony
weekday
Non-weekend calendar day
solstice
Day of maximum tilt
- equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
- zodiac signBirth-date astrological symbol
- transitMovement between places
yoga
Mind-body exercise discipline
- horaTraditional circular folk dance
- ephemerisCelestial body position chart
- almanacYearly data compilation
calculation · observation · celestial · longitude · precession
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
- calendarsalmanac, almanacs, planners, diaries, datebooks
- Hindu Calendarmasa, lunar month, intercalation, new moon, cosmic cycle
- lunar cyclesfull moon, new moon, crescent moon, half moon, waxing crescent
- sacred timesholy day, feast day, sabbath, Shabbat, Ramadan
- ancient clockssundial, water clock, hourglass, gnomon, obelisk
Hindu calendarGregorian calendar
Current global date system
Julian calendar · Islamic calendar · Hebrew calendar · Jewish calendar · Roman calendar