Samvat calendar
Samvat Calendar
A Samvat calendar is a Hindu calendar view that connects the Vikram Samvat year with lunar month, paksha, tithi, nakshatra, and festival dates. For Saturday, 12 September 2026, Samvat shows Vikram Samvat 2083 (Parabhava) and Shukla Pratipada, Shravana for the Mumbai India baseline.
At a glance
What is a Samvat calendar?
A Samvat calendar is a Hindu calendar organized around a Samvat era, especially Vikram Samvat. It connects the year with lunar month, paksha, tithi, nakshatra, Panchang details, and festival dates so a civil date can be read in Hindu calendar terms.
Planning markers
Upcoming dates to place on the calendar
Upcoming lunar checkpoints and festival dates from the same India-baseline calculations.
Vikram Samvat
2083ParabhavaHindu date
Shukla PratipadaShravanaNakshatra
Uttara PhalguniPada 3Shaka Samvat
1948Bhadrapada 21How to read a Samvat calendar
Vikram Samvat identifies the Hindu calendar era year. It is generally 56 or 57 years ahead of the Gregorian year depending on whether the Hindu new year has passed.
A Samvat calendar usually names the Hindu lunar month and whether the day is in Shukla Paksha or Krishna Paksha.
Tithi is based on Moon-Sun angular separation and does not always match a midnight-to-midnight civil day.
Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and timezone can shift Panchang details, so city-sensitive values matter for vratas and puja timing.
Calendar systems shown on Samvat
The word Samvat can refer to calendar eras. Samvat.in focuses on making the current Vikram Samvat, daily Panchang, and festival-date logic easy to inspect.
Primary Samvat era used across North India, Gujarat, and Nepal.
India national calendar era, useful for official calendar comparison.
The day-level Panchang layer used for vratas, festivals, and lunar observances.
Samvat calendar tools
Understanding Samvat terms
Samvat can refer to a calendar era, a year number, or the wider Hindu calendar context for a particular day.
In everyday use, Samvat often refers to the Vikram Samvat calendar era.
A Samvat calendar connects year, month, paksha, tithi, nakshatra, and festival rules.
The current year value, with the Samvatsara name Parabhava.
Today's Hindu date in the Vikram Samvat calendar for the India baseline.
Common questions
Is Samvat the same as Vikram Samvat?
In everyday use, Samvat often means Vikram Samvat. More broadly, samvat can mean a calendar era, so Samvat.in also compares Shaka and regional calendar context where it helps the user interpret a date.
Why do festival dates move every year?
Hindu festival dates usually depend on tithi, paksha, month, and an observance moment such as sunrise, pradosha, or nishita. These lunar rules do not stay fixed to the Gregorian calendar.
Can a Samvat calendar differ by city?
Yes. Panchang details are location-sensitive because sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and timezone affect day-level calculations. Use a city Panchang before planning a vrata, puja, or ceremony.