Hindu calendar
As an indicator of this variation, Whitaker's Almanac reports that the Gregorian year 2000 AD/CE corresponds, respectively with:
- Year 5101 in the Kaliyuga calendar;
- Year 2544 in the Buddha Nirvana calendar;
- Year 2543 in the Buddhist Era (BE) of the Thai solar calendar
- Year 2057 in the Bikram Samvat calendar;
- Year 1922 in the Saka calendar;
- Year 1921 (shown in terms of 5-yearly cycles) of the Vedanga Jyotisa calendar;
- Year 1407 in the Bengali calendar;
- Year 514 in the Gaurabda Gaudiya calendar;
- Year 1176 in the Kolla Varsham calendar.
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References
- ^ Boorstein, Daniel. Discoverers.
- ^ Chatterjee, S.K. (1998). Indian Calendric System. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
- ^ Chia Daphne and Helmer Aslaksen (April 2001). Indian Calendars: Comparing the Surya Siddhanta and the Astronomical Ephemeris. Retrieved on 2004-04-04.
- ^ Basham, A.L. (1954). The Wonder that was India. Macmillan (Rupa and Co, Calcutta, reprint),., Appendix II: Astronomy
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Further reading
- Reingold and Dershowitz, Calendrical Calculations, Millennium Edition, Cambridge University Press, latest 2nd edition 3rd printing released November 2004. ISBN 0-521-77752-6
- S. Balachandra Rao, Indian Astronomy: An Introduction, Universities Press, Hyderabad, 2000.
- "Hindu Chronology", Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911) [1]
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See also
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External links
- Comparing the Surya Siddhanta and the Astronomical Ephemeris by Daphne Chia (pdf, 404KB)
- An ISKCON interpretation of the Hindu calendar
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