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How come the articles history is lost? --Vyzasatya 19:31, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Why was the article not changed to "Bikram Sambat" (instead of "Bikram Samwat"), since the article primarily deals with the calendar of that name in Nepal anyway? --SameerKhan 19:49, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
well the default name is Vikram Samvat, nepali speakers cannot pronounce "va" consistently. Bikram samvat is incorrect. either Bikram Sambat or Vikram Samvat should be written, even bengalis and biharis cannot pronounce "va" correctly. king vikramadita is seldomly written bikramaditya hence the default name of the calendar should be "vikram samvat". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.70.73.82 (talk) 19:09, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 11:55, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Bikram Samwat → Vikram Samvat — The right Devnagari word is Vikram Samvat.Others are local dialects.Bengali etc languages pronounce VaasBa.Mkrestin (talk) 16:28, 17 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Why this article list this calendar as lunar calendar? This is a solar calendar and not a lunar calendar.
If it is lunar calendar; can someone explain how it can have months with 31 or 32 days? Also please explain if it is lunar calendar how it is kept in sync with Gregorian Calendar? Nsdeonia (talk) 10:45, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The traditional Vikram Samvat in India uses lunar months and solar sidereal year. The Nepali Vikram Samvat is a reformed solar tropical calendar. The article mixes both of them.
Coins and inscriptions of the "Malava" are found in the region around Ujjain. In memory of their victory over the Saka invaders, an era first known as the Krita and Malava samvat, and later on as the Vikram samvat, was founded in 57 BC.
At least the fact that Malava inscriptions were the first to use the Vikram Samvat era, needs to be mentioned in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.105.180.19 (talk) 07:04, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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| Why is Vikram Samwat said to begin from the month Chait or Chaitra? The new year begins from Bali-Pratipada in the Diwali Festival to my knowledge. |
Last edited at 11:56, 27 December 2010 (UTC). Substituted at 20:19, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
There is a discrepancy between the month numbers listed here and those used for writing dates based on the Vikram Samvat calendar. In Nepal if a receipt shows the date 2073/1/1 the month "1" corresponds with would be Baishakh.[1] This appears to be correctly recorded on the Baishakh month page. Is there a reason for the month numbering discrepancy? Rmstrng (talk) 06:02, 24 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
They are two different calendars. The month in Indian Vikram Samvat is strictly lunar (see Lunar_month#Synodic_month with an average duration of 29.530587981 days.
- Malaiya (talk) 23:25, 12 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Should be Vikrama Samvata. the ending -a is missing. Can someone please change this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:C4:4001:4748:88AD:9C14:370F:BF46 (talk) 20:58, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@LlywelynII: I do not believe the article should be merged with Nepal Sambat. Vikram Samvat covers many regions in India. Nepal Sambat covers a separate country and calendar.
User:Malikhpur (talk) 16:56, 16 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Why is this a separate dedicated page talking about exactly identical subject as another one? Following wikipedia page is dedicated to exactly identical subject, both of of these pages should be merged into each other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikrami_calendar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.223.53.104 (talk) 22:07, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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The article is completely confusing. It will be hard to a reader to know what applies to the classical Vikram Samvat, and what applied to the modern reformed Nepali Bikram Samvat. Malaiya (talk) 20:39, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The traditional Vikram Samvat calendar, as used in India, uses lunar months and solar sidereal years. The Nepali Bikram Sambat introduced in 1901 AD, uses a solar tropical year.
Malaiya (talk) 20:51, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The result of the move request was: Not Moved. (non-admin closure) –Ammarpad (talk) 09:44, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Vikram Samvat → Bikram Sambat – Bikram Sambat is widely and officially used only in Nepal nowadays. ref. Sarbagyastha (talk) 08:34, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Why is this a separate dedicated page talking about exactly identical subject as another one? Following wikipedia page is dedicated to exactly identical subject, both of of these pages should be merged into each other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Samvat — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.223.53.104 (talk) 22:07, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I also think it may be better to have a single article. Moreover are you sure that calendar used in Nepal is not same as calendar used in India (specially in the regions like Sikkim and some other areas)? Jakichandan (talk) 09:45, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Small aside ... is there a template to handle the display and conversion of these dates? — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 07:29, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
