Religious & Cultural
Indian National (Saka)
India's official civil calendar
India’s official civil calendar, adopted in 1957, pairs a solar year with the ancient Saka era (78 CE). Its first month, Chaitra, begins near the spring equinox.
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In UTC at 03:03 on October 27, 2026, this calendar read Kartika 5, 1948 Śaka. The reading above is live, in your own time zone.
At a glance
- Type
- Solar
- Origin
- India’s national reform of 1957
- Year
- 365 or 366 days, beginning near the spring equinox
- Months
- 12 — Chaitra of 30 or 31, then 31, then 30
- Week
- 7 days
- Leap rule
- The same leap years as the Gregorian, the day added to Chaitra
- Counts from
- The Śaka era, 78 CE
- Where it’s used
- India’s official civil calendar, beside the Gregorian
- How it’s worked out here
- Your browser’s own calendar data (ICU), in your time zone
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