Are there leap years in Hindu calendar?

In contrast to the leap day added at nearly regular intervals to the western Gregorian calendar, which always falls on February 29, both leap months and leap days can be added at any point during the year in the Hindu calendar. read more

Meaning of ‘leap year’ in the context of Julian or Gregorian system is a year having 366 days. In those system, a non-leap year contains 365 days. For this meaning of ‘leap year’, Hindu calendar has a system of either 365 or 366 days in a solar year. Roughly, the fourth year will be 366 days in Hindus solar year. read more

The Hindu calendar year always has 12 or 13 months. If a month is omitted, another month is added elsewhere in the year, so the number of months never drops to 11. Leap Day Rules. As with months, the Hindu calendar also features both solar and lunar days that need to be kept in sync in the long-run. read more

While there are many different variations of the Hindu calendar, there is a standard version of the calendar that serves as the national calendar of India. In 1957, a Calendar Reform Committee met to establish a standard lunisolar calendar to synchronize leap years with those observed by the Western calendar. read more