Happy Nepali New Year 2068

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Yangdu

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नवबर्ष 2068 को मंगलमय शुभकामना !!!
सबै को उत्तरोत्तर प्रगति र सुस्वास्थ्य को कामना !!!!

Happy Nepali New Year 2068!!!
To All
HI, Pala, Kamis and shop manager
 
Happy New Year!

"Vikram Samvat... is the calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya... following his victory over the Sakas in 56 BCE... It is a lunar calendar based on ancient Hindu tradition... The Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years ahead (in count) of the solar Gregorian calendar. For example, the year 2056 BS began in CE 1999 and ended in CE 2000. In Northern India the calendar starts with the first day after the new moon in the month Chaitra, which usually falls in March/April in the Gregorian calendar. Again in Western India the same era begins with the first day after the new moon in the month of Kartika which usually falls in October and November in the Gregorian calendar. In Nepal, it begins in mid-April and marks the start of the solar new year..."

-- from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Samvat

The different dates for the start of the new year reminds me of the different time zones in the different countries.

Noon in New York is 5:00pm in London, 10:30pm in India, and 10:45pm in Nepal.
 
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Happy New year to all Nepalese!
Funny enough, the Songkran Festival in Thailand coincides as well!
 
Belated "Happy New Year" to everyone, especially you Steve Tall for explaining its timing in relation to our Western tradition of time transition. :)
 
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