Bhaskarabda to be added to official Assam calendar

• Bhaskarabda to be added to official calendar of Assam
• The local calendar is counted from the date of the ascension of Bhaskaravarman, the 7th-century ruler of Kamrup and contemporary of Harshavardhana.
• Currently, the Assam government uses the Saka calendar and the Gregorian calendar.
• The Saka calendar uses a lunisolar time tracking system, instead of the sidereal signs used in the Hindu calendar; the months in this calendar follow the tropical Zodiac signs. The Gregorian calendar is a solar dating system widely used around the world.
• Recently, the decision to use ‘Bhaskarabda’ in the official calendar was announced by the Assam CM in a meeting held with the officials of the General Administration Department (GAD).

About:

• Bhaskarabda, an era counted from the date of the ascension of a seventh century local ruler, will be added to Saka and Gregorian eras in the official calendar of the Assam Government.
• Bhaskarabda began when Bhaskaravarman was crowned ruler of the Kamrupa kingdom. He was a contemporary and political ally of northern Indian ruler Harshavardhana.
• Unlike Gregorian, where a day starts at midnight, the Assamese calendar begins and ends at sunrise over 24 hours.
• While the Gregorian goes by the solar cycle, the Saka and Bhaskarabda eras use a lunisolar system based on both the phases of the moon and the solar year.
• The gap between Bhaskarabda and Gregorian is 593 years.
• The New Year in the Assamese calendar is known as Bohag Bihu.
• The Assamese Calendar incorporates the seven-day week as used by many other calendars. The names of the days of the week in the Assamese Calendar are based on the Navagraha

Gregorian vs Bhaskarabda:

• Unlike Gregorian, where a day starts at midnight, the Assamese calendar begins and ends at sunrise over 24 hours.
• While the Gregorian goes by the solar cycle, the Saka and Bhaskarabda eras use a lunisolar system based on both the phases of the moon and the solar year.
• The gap between Bhaskarabda and Gregorian is 593 years.