Hindu lunisolar calendar

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lunisolar calendar religious calendar traditional calendar system

The Hindu lunisolar calendar is a traditional timekeeping system used across the Indian subcontinent that combines lunar months with solar years to determine religious festivals, rituals, and regional New Year dates.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Hindu lunar calendar	27
Hindu calendar	14
Hindu lunisolar calendar canonical	13
South Indian Hindu calendar	5
Gujarati Hindu calendar	4
North Indian Hindu calendar	4
Vikram Samvat	2
Bikrami calendar	1
Hindu Panchang	1
Hindu ritual calendar	1
Kashmiri Hindu calendar	1
Marathi Hindu calendar	1
North Indian lunisolar calendar	1
Saka calendar	1
Shaka Samvat	1
Sindhi calendar	1
Vikram Samvat calendar	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T859551 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hindu lunisolar calendar
Context triple: [Diwali, calendar, Hindu lunisolar calendar]

A. Hebrew calendar
The Hebrew calendar is a lunisolar calendar used primarily for Jewish religious observances, holidays, and the determination of ceremonial dates.
B. Israeli civil calendar
The Israeli civil calendar is the official calendar system used in Israel that combines the Gregorian and Hebrew calendars to schedule national holidays, memorial days, and public life.
C. Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
D. Metonic cycle
The Metonic cycle is a 19-year astronomical period after which the phases of the Moon recur on the same days of the solar year, forming the basis for many lunisolar calendars.
E. Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is an ancient solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE, historically used throughout Europe and still employed by some Eastern Christian churches for liturgical purposes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hindu lunisolar calendar
Target entity description: The Hindu lunisolar calendar is a traditional timekeeping system used across the Indian subcontinent that combines lunar months with solar years to determine religious festivals, rituals, and regional New Year dates.

A. Hebrew calendar
The Hebrew calendar is a lunisolar calendar used primarily for Jewish religious observances, holidays, and the determination of ceremonial dates.
B. Israeli civil calendar
The Israeli civil calendar is the official calendar system used in Israel that combines the Gregorian and Hebrew calendars to schedule national holidays, memorial days, and public life.
C. Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar used in Myanmar to determine religious festivals, cultural events, and historical dates.
D. Metonic cycle
The Metonic cycle is a 19-year astronomical period after which the phases of the Moon recur on the same days of the solar year, forming the basis for many lunisolar calendars.
E. Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is an ancient solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE, historically used throughout Europe and still employed by some Eastern Christian churches for liturgical purposes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lunisolar calendar ⓘ religious calendar ⓘ traditional calendar system ⓘ
alignsWith	sidereal solar year ⓘ
astronomicalBasis	traditional Indian astronomy ⓘ
basedOn	lunar months ⓘ solar year ⓘ
determinesFestival	Diwali ⓘ Ganesh Chaturthi ⓘ Gudi Padwa ⓘ Holi ⓘ Janmashtami ⓘ Karva Chauth ⓘ Maha Shivaratri ⓘ Makar Sankranti ⓘ Navaratri ⓘ Onam ⓘ Pongal ⓘ Raksha Bandhan ⓘ Ugadi ⓘ linked to: Gudi Padwa Vaisakhi ⓘ Vasant Panchami ⓘ Vishu ⓘ
eraUsedIn	Shaka era ⓘ Vikram Samvat era ⓘ linked to: Nepali Bikram Samvat
hasComponent	ayana ⓘ masa ⓘ paksha ⓘ ritu ⓘ samvatsara ⓘ tithi ⓘ
hasDayUnit	tithi ⓘ
hasFortnight	krishna paksha ⓘ shukla paksha ⓘ
hasLunarMonthCountPerYear	12 ⓘ
hasMajorSolarTransition	Makar Sankranti ⓘ
hasMonthStartConvention	amanta ⓘ purnimanta ⓘ
hasNewYearFestival	Gudi Padwa ⓘ Pohela Boishakh ⓘ Puthandu ⓘ Ugadi ⓘ linked to: Gudi Padwa Vaisakhi ⓘ Vishu ⓘ
hasRegionalVariant	Assamese calendar ⓘ Bengali calendar ⓘ Malayalam calendar ⓘ linked to: Assamese calendar Nepali Bikram Samvat ⓘ Odia calendar ⓘ Shaka Samvat ⓘ linked to: Hindu lunisolar calendar Tamil calendar ⓘ Vikram Samvat ⓘ linked to: Hindu lunisolar calendar
hasSeason	Grishma ⓘ Hemanta ⓘ Sharad ⓘ Shishira ⓘ Varsha ⓘ Vasanta ⓘ
hasSeasonCount	6 ⓘ
hasSolarTransition	Sankranti ⓘ linked to: Makar Sankranti
historicalOriginApprox	1st millennium BCE ⓘ
influenced	Buddhist calendar ⓘ linked to: Burmese calendar Jain calendar ⓘ traditional calendars of Southeast Asia ⓘ
leapMonthFrequencyApprox	every 32.5 months ⓘ
leapMonthName	adhika masa ⓘ
tithiDefinition	lunar day based on 12-degree elongation between Sun and Moon ⓘ
usedBy	Hindus ⓘ linked to: Hinduism
usedFor	determining regional New Year dates ⓘ determining religious festivals ⓘ determining rituals ⓘ
usedIn	Indian subcontinent ⓘ
uses	sidereal zodiac ⓘ
usesLeapMonth	true ⓘ
usesReferenceText	Siddhanta Shiromani ⓘ Surya Siddhanta ⓘ

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Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diwali → calendar → Hindu lunisolar calendar ⓘ

Navaratri → lunarCalendar → Hindu lunisolar calendar ⓘ

Ganesh Chaturthi → calendarSystem → Hindu lunisolar calendar ⓘ

Balinese → traditionalCalendar → Saka calendar ⓘ