Trying to make sense of the various “New Year” celebrations and calendars in India is quite a fun task. India has two different kinds of calendars, broadly described as “lunisolar” (चान्द्रमान) and “solar” (सौरमान). Evidence from the Vedas indicates that a lunisolar calendar of the full-moon (पूर्णिमान्त) variety (which we shall see in a later …
