Gujarati Calendar- Hindu Calendar

Calendar Introduction
There are different calendars in this world according to region and religion. Most commonly we are using Gregorian calendar today. This calendar has 12 months in a year like January, February up to December. Generally we called it as an English Calendar or English months calendar.

Gujarati Calendar:
Gujarati Calendar is a Hindu calendar or Indian Calendar which has 12 months in a year and it also depends on beginning of the moon. Due to this, sometime year goes for 13 months. Gujarati year is called Vikram Samwat or V.S. Vikram Samwat is the calendar which is established by King Vikram. This calendar is lunar calendar is based on the orbit of the Moon around the earth. Current year (this article posted year) is English year 2013 and Vikram Samwat (Gujarati year or Hindu year) is 2069-70.

Let's have a look for Gujarati Calendar month name. For better understanding, let's compare Gujarati calendar month with Gregorian calendar month. For most of the year both calendar month completes as per given comparison. Let's start from Hindu New year month that is the first day after Diwali. Below is the list of Gujarati month, its Gujarati pronunciation and month as per Gregorian calendar respectively in a raw.

Month list:

(1) Kartak-(કારતક)-(October-November)
(2) Magshar-(માગશર)-November-December
(3) Posh-(પોષ)-December-January
(4) Mahaa-(મહા)-January-February
(5) Phagun-(ફાગણ)-February-March
(6) Chaitra-(ચૈત્ર)-March-April
(7) Vaishakh-(વૈશાખ)-April-May
(8) Jeth-(જેઠ)-May-June
(9) Ashaadh-(અષાઢ)-June-July
(10)Shraavan-(શ્રાવણ)-July-August
(11)Bhadravo-(ભાદરવો)-August-September
(12)Aaso-(આસો)-September-October

Gujarati calendar days are based on Sun and Moon. Each month is divided in two parts generally 15-15 days. It is based on the lunar phase which is from new moon to full moon. One part of 15-day is known as Sud. Sud means moon is being formed. Another 15 days part is called Vad. Vad from full moon to new moon. These Sud and Vad together makes a month. Each day of this is having separate name as below.
First day is known as Ekam. If it in Sud then it is called as Sud Ekam. Same way if it is under Vad part, then it is called as Vad Ekam.

Day list:
Day 1- Ekam
2-Bij
3-Trij
4-Choth
5-Pancham
6-Chhath
7-Satam
8-Aatham
9-Nom
10-Dasham
11-Ekadashi or Agiyarash
12-Barash
13-Terash
14-Chaudash
15-Poonam (Full moon)

Vad has Same days as above. 14 days in Vad are called same as Sud but last day is called Amavasya instead of Poonam (Purnima) in Sud.