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(nepali: विक्रम सम्वत्)
(abbreviated as V.S. (or VS) or B.S. (or BS))
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*”vikram samvat” is an official “national hindu calendar” of ‘nepal’ + also used in some ‘indian states’*
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(it uses lunar months and solar sidereal year (see “vedic time keeping”))
The Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years ahead (in count) of the solar Gregorian calendar.
For example, the year 2056 BS began in AD 1999 and ended in AD 2000.
Converting a Vikram Samvat data to a Gregorian date requires some complex computations.
The new year begins with the first day after the new moon, in the month of Chaitra, Chaitra Shuddha 1 or Chaitra Shukla Paksha Prathama; which usually falls in March–April in the Gregorian calendar.
The nine-day Navaratri festival season begins on this day, culminating on Ram Navami day. In Nepal, it begins in mid-April and marks the start of the solar new year.
The Vikrama Samvat is said to have been founded by the legendary Indian king Vikramaditya, variously considered to be a partly historical figure or a purely mythical character.
The Rana rulers of Nepal made it their official calendar.
In India, the reformulated Saka Calendar is officially used, although in the Hindi version of the Preamble of the Constitution of India, the date of adoption of the constitution, 26 November 1949, is presented in Vikram Samvat (Margsheersh Shukla Saptami Samvat 2006).
(there have been calls for the ‘vikram samvat’ to replace ‘saka’ as india’s official calendar)
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