Year Names
Apart from the numbering system outlined above, there is also a cycle of 60 calendar year names, called Samvatsaras, which started at the first year (at elapsed years zero) and runs continuously:
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This system contains the concept of leap year also.Every 4th year will have 366 days and the others only 365.The starting point is Meshadi, ( 1st of the month Meṣa).It is also calculated a day by day mode.beginning from 1 presently it runs 1864000+.... days.This means these much days have passed in the present Kaliyuga (1/10th of Catur-Yuga's total)
Read more about this topic: Hindu Calendar
Famous quotes containing the words year and/or names:
“Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Almanacked, their names live; they
Have slipped their names, and stand at ease,
Or gallop for what must be joy,”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1985)