The Nepali calendar also called the Bikram calendar is the official calendar of Nepal. This same calendar system is used in India as well. It uses lunar months and solar sidereal years as a reference. It is used as the official calendar in Nepal.

The Vikram calendar is similar to the Jewish calendar but is completely different from the Gregorian calendar. The Jewish and Vikram calendar maintains the integrity of the lunar month, unlike the Gregorian calendar which makes essential changes.

What is Nepal Calendar?

Nepal calendar is a system that has been created by the people to keep track of time. It is not a new thing for us and its inception lies in its ancient roots at least back to the prehistoric era. Most historical societies used day, solar year, and lunation as the natural units for timekeeping.

A large number of calendar systems have been introduced in different countries like Nepal depending upon these natural units. Nepal calendar is somewhat different and is described with Nepali calendar origin and important dates of Nepali Calendar.

Nepali calendar is a multicultural blend of festivals, and historical and religious events of all the cultural indigenous classes of Nepal. Nepali calendar is also called ‘Nepali Patro’ in Nepali.

A large number of ethnic groups along with their own unique cultures and traditions celebrate New Year on their own specific days.

However, 1st of Baisakh is called the national new year and the Nepali calendar year starts from this day as well. The Nepali calendar is approximately 56 years and 8.5 months ahead of the English calendar.

There are 12 months and the maximum number of days in a month is 32. It pursues detail Nepali Panchang to list important festivals like Dashain, Tihar, Teej, Chhath, Lhosar, Eid, etc which have great significance in the Nepalese community.

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