Emperor Akbar, therefore, felt the necessity of a new calendar and asked the royal astronomer Fathullah Shirazi to create a new one by combining the lunar Islamic calendar and solar
Hindu calendar already in use, and this was known as Fasholi shan (harvest calendar).
He further said that Vaisakh or Besakh is the second month of the
Hindu calendar and the festival was being celebrated with great enthusiasm and joy for long by farmers at the time of harvest of Rabi crop, particularly wheat.
This came after days after the Deputy Chief Minister made a bizarre claim by saying that the opposition parties are trying to create panic in the country over what he claimed to be a recurring "cyclic" slowdown in the economy during months of "saawan-bhado" (fifth and sixth months in the
Hindu calendar).
"This is generally the case with almost with everyone who has a Hindu horoscope where the date of birth is based on
Hindu calendar. I have never bothered about it as I have never taken any undue or wrongful benefit of these different dates of birth," he told India Today .
It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the Purnima (Full Moon day) falling in the Vikram Samvat
Hindu Calendar month of Phalgun, which falls somewhere between the end of February and themiddle of March in the Gregorian calendar.
Often also known as the 'festival of colours' or 'festival of love', celebrations start on the evening of the Purnima [full moon] that comes in the
Hindu calendar month of 'Phalguna,' which is between the end of February and the middle of March.
These festivals are held periodically as per the
Hindu calendar on a rotational basis at Ujjain, Nashik district (Nashik and Trimbak), Haridwar and Prayagraj (former Allahabad).
He reminded followers that Meak Bochea Day celebrates the day Buddha declared the creation of 'Buddhism' in 588BC on the day of a full moon, symbolising the end of the
Hindu calendar month Magha - or Meak in Khmer - after being enlightened for nine months.
As I understand Thaipongal means abundance and prosperity and an important festival in the
Hindu calendar. It's an important festival celebrated by our Hindu brothers and sisters.
PUPILS of Coventry's Seva School took part in Diwali celebrations - marking one of the most important dates in the Sikh and
Hindu calendar.
Karachi that during past few years had registered a certain re-surge in the numbers of the middle class hindus, since their massive exodus in 1947, is gradually regaining a certain recognition in terms of different events commemorated under the
Hindu calendar, predominantly being Holi and Diwali.
The festival is (http://indianexpress.com/article/religion/navratri-2017-history-significance-and-why-it-is-celebrated-4849450/) celebrated in the month of "Ashvin," according to the
Hindu calendar, which typically falls in the months of September and October as per the Gregorian calendar.