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Bhaskarabda: A Luni-Solar Calendar

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    10Pointer
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    History & Culture
  • Published
    21st Oct, 2021

Context

Recently, the Assam Government has announced that Bhaskarabda, a Luni-Solar Calendar will be used as an official calendar.

About Bhaskarabda

  • Bhaskarabda, a period calculated from the date of the ascension of the 7th-century local ruler Bhaskar Varman.
  • It is based on both phases of the moon and the solar year.
  • It all started when Baskaravarman was crowned ruler of the Kamrupa kingdom.
    • He was a modern-day political ally of the northern Indian ruler Harshavardhana.
  • The gap between Basaskarabda and Gregorian is 593 years.

Use of the calendar by Assam

  • Currently, the official Assam government official calendar uses the Saka calendar and the Gregorian calendar.
    • However, the Basquearabda calendar will be used from now on.

Type of Calendars

  • Solar: Any dating system based on the seasonal year of approximately 365 1/4 days, the time it takes the Earth to revolve once around the Sun.
  • Lunar: Any dating system based on a year that contains synodic moons - that is, complete cycles of phases of the Moon.
  • Luni-Solar: The lunisolar calendar month is a month but the solar years were used in early Middle Eastern civilizations and Greece.

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