2. What are the different eras mentioned in a calendar?
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Explanation:
Christian era. The Etos Kosmou of the Byzantine Calendar places Creation at the beginning of its year 1, namely 5509 BC. ...
Islamic.
Hindu.
Southeast Asia. The Hindu Saka Era influences the calendars of southeast Asian indianized kingdoms.
Bahá'í
Jewish.
Zoroastrian.
A calendar era is the period of time elapsed since one epoch of a calendar and, if it exists, before the next one.
Explanation:
Buddhist Era
It was based on the birth and date of Buddha. The birth dates and dates of Buddha are unknown but the Buddha Age starts from 544BC according to the present Theravada & Sri Lankan tradition.
Jain Era {Vira Nirvana Savat}
Vira Nirvan Samvat, which commemorates Mahavira's Nirvana, begun on 15 October 527 BC. The year of Jain starts every year with Diwali. Vira Nirvana Era 2543 is the year 2016.
Vikram Samvat
It is the most popular period of mainstream India at present. In northern India, it starts with chaitra and every month starts with the full moon (purnima) starts. In Gujarat, it starts with Kartika , and the month starts with the new moon ("amavasya") ends in the month. The year starts with Ashadha's Amavasya in some areas of Gujarat.
The name of the king related to the Vikram Samvat is rather controversial. Chandragupta Vikramaditya of Ujjain was attributed to the most famous theory, which started in 56 AD.
Vallabhi Era
Vallabhi Period commemorates the occasion of Chandragupta-I's ascension to the throne of the Gupta dynasty in 319-320 AD. The kings of Valabhi were feudalists with the Guptas and may have been using them as their master's generation. The Saka period is 242, which implies 242+78=320 AD at the start of this period. The first year of the gupta period is February 26, AD 320, and March 13, AD 321, 1st year was Chandragupta coronation..
Saka Era
The Kushana King Kanishka began perhaps with the Šaka or Šālivāhana in 78 AD but this was disputed. The Govt of India has embraced this period. The year is tropical solar & the day after the vernal equinox it begins. Chaitra's first month is 30 days a year & 31 days a year during leap year . There are 31 days for the next 5 months and 30 days for the remaining.
Greogorian Era
The Gregorian calendar was adopted in October 1582, and was created to update the Julian calendar. Named after "Pope Gregory" XIII, it is the calendar that is the most widely used globally. This calendar specifies the "Earth's revolution" around the Sun & spaces "leap years" to make the avg year 365.2425 days in the normal year.
Hijrii Era
The Hijrri calendar comprises of 12 lunar months & 354/355 days of Islamic Lunar Calendar. The calendar of Hijri is used to establish the Muslim holidays and ceremonies such as the yearly pilgrimage period to Mecca & the yearly fast. In 622 AD the Islamic Year started when the Prophet Muhammad, revered as the Hijrii, moved from Mecca to Medina.
Seleucid Era
The age of Seleucid was used by oriental Christians in most Middle East from the fourth century BC to the sixth century AD. till the 10th century AD The age dates from the year 312 BC, when Seleucus I Nicator captured Babylon in August of that year & started his reign over the Asian part of the empire of Alexander the Grand. Whereas the Seleucid period starts either in 311 BC (Jewish reckonings) or in 312 BC (Greek counts: October – September) according to whether the year of the year ends on 1 Tisher or on 1 Nisan (respectively the beginning of the secular and ecclesiastical Jews).
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