Indian Calendar

Indian Calendar

The Program realizes the National calendar of India.

In the many-cultured India from the ancient times various calendars and eras were used. Any day could be dated approximately by 30 various Indian systems of dating. In order to establish certain order in the calendars of the country the Government of India adopted the National calendar for civil and public purposes in 1957 C.E. The year of this calendar starts from the day, which immediately follows the day of the Vernal equinox. In a non leap year it coincides with March 22, and in a leap year with March 21 of Gregorian calendar. A non leap year has 365 days, a leap year — 366 days.

Ordinal number
of the month		 Name
of the month		 Number of days
in the months
of the non leap year		 Number of days
in the months
of the leap year
1 Caitra 30 31
2 Vaisakha 31 31
3 Jyaistha 31 31
4 Asadha 31 31
5 Sravana 31 31
6 Bhadra 31 31
7 Asvina 30 30
8 Kartika 30 30
9 Agrahayana 30 30
10 Pausa 30 30
11 Magha 30 30
12 Phalguna 30 30
Total number of days in the year: 365 366

The algorithm of determination of the leap year is the same as in the Gregorian calendar, but the counting of years in the National calendar of India started from Wednesday March 24, 79 C.E. of Julian calendar (Saka era).

Try converting dates using the Calendar Converter.