How to Use Hindu calendar in a Sentence

Hindu calendar

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  • The main celebration takes place on the night of the third day, which marks the end of the Hindu calendar year.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The main celebration takes place on the night of the third day, which marks the end of the Hindu calendar year.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The main celebration takes place on the night of the third day, which marks the end of the Hindu calendar year.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Based on the Hindu calendar, the days leading up to and the day after Nyepi include lively celebrations and rituals.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Magh Bihu is celebrated on the cusp of the Hindu calendar months of Pausha and Magha (mid-January).
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Lohri is traditionally observed on the last day of the Hindu calendar month of Pausha (December–January).
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Additionally, the festival marks the beginning of the new year in the Hindu calendar, and celebrates the year’s last rice harvest, per JSTOR.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, the festival marks the beginning of the new year in the Hindu calendar, and celebrates the year’s last rice harvest, per JSTOR.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Lohri is traditionally observed on the last day of the Hindu calendar month of Pausha, which usually occurs in December and January on the Gregorian calendar.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Kati Bihu is celebrated in the Hindu calendar month of Karttika (Kati in Assamese; falling in October), when rice saplings are transplanted and granaries are mostly empty.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Yet its cultural mores and culinary ways remain distinct, often revolving around religious rituals and special days on the Hindu calendar (Panchangam) used by Hindus globally to schedule festivals and rituals based on solar and lunar cycles.
    — Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The festival, which is spread over a period of five days, also marks the beginning of the new year in the Hindu calendar and celebrates the year’s last rice-crop harvest, according to Journal Storage (JSTOR).
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025

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