Convert any date between the Gregorian calendar and the Indian National (Saka) calendar. Enter a Gregorian date or a Saka date (year, month, day) and choose your conversion direction. You get back the full converted date including Saka year, Gregorian date, the Saka month name, and whether the Saka year is a leap year.
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Saka Leap Year?
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The Saka calendar is India's official civil calendar, adopted by the Government of India in 1957. It is based on the Saka era, which begins in 78 CE. The calendar has 12 months, with Chaitra as the first month, and aligns closely with the solar year. It is used alongside the Gregorian calendar for official government communications, gazette notifications, and news broadcasts.
For dates after March 22, subtract 78 from the Gregorian year to get the Saka year. For dates before March 22 (i.e., in the period January 1 to March 21), subtract 79 instead. For example, March 22, 2025 (Gregorian) corresponds to 1 Chaitra 1947 in the Saka calendar.
The Saka New Year starts on 1 Chaitra, which corresponds to March 22 in a regular Gregorian year and March 21 in a Gregorian leap year. This day is also celebrated as a national holiday in many parts of India.
Yes. The Saka calendar follows leap years in sync with Gregorian leap years. In a Saka leap year, the first month Chaitra has 31 days instead of 30. All other months follow a fixed pattern: months 2 through 6 have 31 days each, and months 7 through 12 have 30 days each.
Chaitra has 30 days in a normal year and 31 days in a leap year. Months Vaisakha through Bhadra (months 2–6) each have 31 days. Months Asvina through Phalguna (months 7–12) each have 30 days. This gives the Saka year a total of 365 days (366 in a leap year), matching the Gregorian year.
The Saka calendar is the official national calendar of India, starting in 78 CE. The Vikram Samvat calendar is a different traditional Hindu calendar that started in 57 BCE and is widely used for religious and cultural purposes, especially in North India. The two calendars differ in their epoch (starting year) and month calculation methods.
The Saka calendar is a solar calendar aligned with the spring equinox. March 22 (or March 21 in Gregorian leap years) was chosen as the New Year's Day because it corresponds closely to the vernal equinox, which holds astronomical and agricultural significance in the Indian subcontinent.
The Saka calendar is used by the Government of India in official communications, the Gazette of India, news on All India Radio, and government calendars. It was standardized by the Calendar Reform Committee in 1957 under the chairmanship of Meghnad Saha to bring uniformity among India's many regional calendar systems.