ADEEN J NAIR KAILASSH

MOHAMED HASEEFVISHNU SHANKER

CALENDERS OF THE

WORLD

The Indian national calendar, sometimes called the Saka calendar, is the official civil calendar in use in India.

It is used, alongside the Gregorian calendar, The Saka calendar is also used in Java and Bali among Indonesian Hindus

 

Indian National Calender

Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems. At present, Japan uses the Gregorian calendar. 

 

Japanese Calender

The Buddhist is primarily used in mainland Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand as well as in Sri Lanka for religious and/or official occasions.

This calendars are largely based on an older version of the Hindu calendar. 

 

Buddhist calender

Hindu calendar is a collective name for most of the calendars used in India since ancient times.

Some of the more prominent regional Hindu calendars include the Nepali calendar, Malayalam calendar, Tamil calendar etc

 

Hindu calender

The Islamic calendar, Muslim calendar or Hijri calendar (AH) is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 days.

I t is used to date events in many Muslim countries and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper days on which to observe the annual fasting, to attend Hajj, and to celebrate other Islamic holidays and festivals.

 

Islamic calender

Chinese calendar may refer to any of the official and civil calendars used in China.

In China, some holidays relate to the Chinese Calendar, such as Chinese New Year

 

Chinese calender

The Iranian calendars are a succession of calendars used for over two millennia in Iran .

It has one of the longest chronological records in human history

 

Iranian Calender

The Gregorian calendar, also called the Western calendar and the Christian calendar, is internationally the most widely used civil calendar.

It is named for Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in 1582. 

 

Gregorian calender

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