Nepal Sambat

Nepal Sambat is the national calendar of Nepal. The calendar has lunar version for religious and cultural celebrations and solar version for administrative purposes.

Solar Nepal Sambat

The solar Nepal Sambat is based on earth’s revolution around sun. It has 365 days every year, and 366 on leap years.

Months

S.N.	Names of Month
	Roman	Prachalit Nepal Script	Devanagari Script
1	Kachhalā	𑐎𑐕𑐮𑐵	कछला
2	Thinlā	𑐠𑐶𑑄𑐮𑐵	थिंला
3	Ponhelā	𑐥𑑂𑐰𑑃𑐴𑐾𑐮𑐵	प्वँहेला
4	Sillā	𑐳𑐶𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐵	सिल्ला
5	Chillā	𑐔𑐶𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐵	चिल्ला
6	Chaulā	𑐔𑑁𑐮𑐵	चौला
7	Bachhalā	𑐧𑐕𑐮𑐵	बछला
8	Tachhalā	𑐟𑐕𑐮𑐵	तछला
9	Dillā	𑐡𑐶𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐵	दिल्ला
10	Gunlā	𑐐𑐸𑑄𑐮𑐵	गुंला
11	Yanlā	𑐫𑑄𑐮𑐵	यंला
12	Kaulā	𑐎𑑁𑐮𑐵	कौला

Days

The first five months Kachhalā, Thinlā, Ponhelā, Sillā and Chillā have 30 days per month. The sixth month Chaulā has 29 days every year and 30 days every leap year. The rest six months Bachhalā, Tachhalā, Dillā, Gunlā, Yanlā and Kaulā have 31 days per month.

Leap year

A leap year is determined by adding 880 to the given number of year, then if the number is exactly divisible by 4, and not exactly divisible by 100 and in case is exactly divisible by 100, is also exactly divisible by 400. The leap day is inserted on the sixth month Chaulā.

Lunar Nepal Sambat

The lunar Nepal Sambat is based in moon's revolution around earth. A year in the lunar calendar may have 354 to 378 days a year.

External Links

1. Nepal Sambat website
2. Nepal Sambat to Gregorian Calendar Converter