Hindu calendar
[ hin-doo kal-uhn-der ]
noun
a lunisolar calendar, versions of which are used widely across the Indian subcontinent and govern many Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
Origin of Hindu calendar
1First recorded in 1790–1800
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