Context
Recently, the Assam Government has announced that Bhaskarabda, a Luni-Solar Calendar will be used as an official calendar.
About Bhaskarabda
- Bhaskarabda, a period calculated from the date of the ascension of the 7th-century local ruler Bhaskar Varman.
- It is based on both phases of the moon and the solar year.
- It all started when Baskaravarman was crowned ruler of the Kamrupa kingdom.
- He was a modern-day political ally of the northern Indian ruler Harshavardhana.
- The gap between Basaskarabda and Gregorian is 593 years.
Use of the calendar by Assam
- Currently, the official Assam government official calendar uses the Saka calendar and the Gregorian calendar.
- However, the Basquearabda calendar will be used from now on.
Type of Calendars
- Solar: Any dating system based on the seasonal year of approximately 365 1/4 days, the time it takes the Earth to revolve once around the Sun.
- Lunar: Any dating system based on a year that contains synodic moons - that is, complete cycles of phases of the Moon.
- Luni-Solar: The lunisolar calendar month is a month but the solar years were used in early Middle Eastern civilizations and Greece.
