New Delhi. The year 2023 is just about to end, now after a few days we are going to enter 2024. Although this year has been very important for the country and the world, because we have seen all the events from war to Cricket World Cup. As the year ends, we also change the calendars in our homes. Calendar also has great importance in Hindu religion. People who believe in Hindu religion do all their work after getting the auspicious time, whether it is buying a new car or a property or any valuable item. Similarly, calendar has its own importance in Muslim religion also. But this question must be coming in the mind of all of you at some point or the other that whose calendar among Hindu and Muslim is the oldest? So today we will give you all the information related to this in this news.
hindu calendar
First of all let us talk about Hindu calendar. There are two Samvat in the Hindu calendar, Vikram Samvat and Shak Samvat. Vikram Samvat was started by King Vikramaditya of Ujjain and it has been running since 57-58 BC. According to Vikram Samvat, all the fasts and Teej festivals are celebrated in India and due to this Vikram Samvat is considered as Hindu calendar. If we talk about the history of Vikram Samvat, it is about 2080 years old and till date people have been believing in it. If we talk about Shak Samvat, it was started by King Kanishka of Kushan dynasty in 78 AD. Shaka Samvat is used for the functioning of the Government of India.
muslim calendar
Muslim calendar is called Hijri calendar. It started in 622 AD and the story behind its beginning is said to be that in the same year, Mohammed Sahib left Mecca and went towards Medina and this incident was called Hijrat. Which means ‘to go away’ in Urdu. With this, the calendar Hijri Samvat of Muslims started. There are 354 days in this calendar. If we talk about Hijri calendar, it started about 1445 years ago.
Gregorian calendar
Now let’s talk about the Georgian calendar of Christianity, which we all use today. This calendar was started in 1582. This calendar is named after Pope Gregory XIII and is also the most widely used calendar in the world. It consists of 12 months and 365 days.
So we have informed you about the starting dates of all these calendars and now anyone can easily know that the oldest calendar in the world is the Vikram Samvat of India and Hindu religion which is 2080 years old. Whereas the Hijri calendar of Muslim religion is only about 1445 years old and as far as the Georgian calendar is concerned, it has come recently.