i guess it is kali yuga 5111. of course, in kerala the calendars no longer have kali yuga. they have saka era (i have no idea why the central government insists of using this) and the malayalam era.
I suspect it is so CE year numbers are higher than Saka Era year numbers - 2009CE == 1931SE ?
Typically anti-Hindu/"secular" attitude of the GoI to mark the alleged victory of Saka over Vikramaditya of Ujjayini in the year 78CE as start of calendar!
In the Hindu tradition in India and Nepal, the widely used ancient calendar is Vikrama Samvat or Vikrama's era. Which starts in 58BCE, so 2009CE == 2067VE.
The Vikrama era (58 bc) is said in the Jain book Kālakācāryakathā to have been founded after a victory of King Vikramāditya over the Śaka.
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Thanks Rajeev,
Wish you and every blogger here a Happy Ugadi.
Sameer
I suspect it is so CE year numbers are higher than Saka Era year numbers - 2009CE == 1931SE ?
Typically anti-Hindu/"secular" attitude of the GoI to mark the alleged victory of Saka over Vikramaditya of Ujjayini in the year 78CE as start of calendar!
In the Hindu tradition in India and Nepal, the widely used ancient calendar is Vikrama Samvat or Vikrama's era. Which starts in 58BCE, so 2009CE == 2067VE.
The Vikrama era (58 bc) is said in the Jain book Kālakācāryakathā to have been founded after a victory of King Vikramāditya over the Śaka.
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