Posted by: pine77 April 28, 2009
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Dear All:
Namaste.
I think we are putting together many unrelated issues.
Nepal Sambat is Lunar calendar designed for cultural/Dharmic events like Dasain, Tihar, Buddha Jayanti etc.
Bikram Sambat is Solar calendar designed for seasonal events like planting, travel etc.
They are not competing and we need both. We all Nepalese should be proud of both Sambats and use them. Worst thing we can do it make it a communal issue. Also let us also note that Bikram Sambat is more antique than Grgorian calendar gloifying our past. It will be really funny if we criticise Bikram Sambat as foreign (across the border) and adopt Gregorian calendar. On the other hand the Nepal Sambat initiated by Shakhwal of Kathmandu is not about some great King but about an ordinary Nepali making a huge contribution to the nation. Even though the myth may be only half truth, yet let us recognize the power of its symbolism.
However, the new adopted Gregorian calendar is Solar and competes with Bikram Sambat. Thus we need to conserve Bikram Sambat along with the use of Gregorian to come in par with International system.
The Solar calendar needs adjusting time to time. For example, Gregorian caledar uses leap year etc. to do that. Bikram Sambat also uses such corrections but is not well done. Therefore the issue of dropping one whole month to make a proper adjustment has been raised. However, it can be done better. First, there must be a good home work for such adjustment. Second, it need to be advertised at least one year before applying. Third, it is not necessary to drop a whole month. It can be done by merely lessening the days in each of the 12 months. For example, if each of the 12 months have only 28 days then we will loose almost one month, without dropping Chaita month and going berserk.
Thanks.
Namaste.
I think we are putting together many unrelated issues.
Nepal Sambat is Lunar calendar designed for cultural/Dharmic events like Dasain, Tihar, Buddha Jayanti etc.
Bikram Sambat is Solar calendar designed for seasonal events like planting, travel etc.
They are not competing and we need both. We all Nepalese should be proud of both Sambats and use them. Worst thing we can do it make it a communal issue. Also let us also note that Bikram Sambat is more antique than Grgorian calendar gloifying our past. It will be really funny if we criticise Bikram Sambat as foreign (across the border) and adopt Gregorian calendar. On the other hand the Nepal Sambat initiated by Shakhwal of Kathmandu is not about some great King but about an ordinary Nepali making a huge contribution to the nation. Even though the myth may be only half truth, yet let us recognize the power of its symbolism.
However, the new adopted Gregorian calendar is Solar and competes with Bikram Sambat. Thus we need to conserve Bikram Sambat along with the use of Gregorian to come in par with International system.
The Solar calendar needs adjusting time to time. For example, Gregorian caledar uses leap year etc. to do that. Bikram Sambat also uses such corrections but is not well done. Therefore the issue of dropping one whole month to make a proper adjustment has been raised. However, it can be done better. First, there must be a good home work for such adjustment. Second, it need to be advertised at least one year before applying. Third, it is not necessary to drop a whole month. It can be done by merely lessening the days in each of the 12 months. For example, if each of the 12 months have only 28 days then we will loose almost one month, without dropping Chaita month and going berserk.
Thanks.