Gandhinagar: It’s the biggest festival of Gujarati people during the year today. It’s a new year day as per the Gujarati Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar. While the Vikram Samvat calendar is also used by people in several North Indian states and is the national calendar of neighboring Nepal, the Gujarati Vikram Samvat calendar has its own unique timing. The new year in the Gujarati calendar is celebrated a day after Diwali, though this year, it falls on the second day after Diwali. One can...Read More

Gandhinagar: It’s the biggest festival of Gujarati people during the year today. It’s a new year day as per Gujarati Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar. While Vikram Samvat calendar is also used by the people in several north Indian states and it is also the national calendar of neighboring country Nepal, the Gujarati Vikram Samvat calendar is different from others. The new year in Gujarati calendar is celebrated a day after Diwali. This year however it is on the second day after Diwali. One...Read More

Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold post-Diwali Gujarati new year get-together functions during 19 to 26 November in each of 182 assembly seat areas. Local elected members and party office bearers will participate in such functions. In Gujarat, a new year day is marked post Diwali. Holding post-Diwali get-together functions of the party is a tradition that was started when Narendrabhai Modi was Chief Minister of the State. The party will gear up for the upcoming Lok Sabha...Read More

Gandhinagar: It’s the biggest festival of Gujarati people during the year today. It’s a new year day as per Gujarati Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar. While Vikram Samvat calendar is also used by the people in several north Indian states and it is also the national calendar of neighboring country Nepal, the Gujarati Vikram Samvat calendar is different from others. The new year in Gujarati calendar is celebrated a day after Diwali. This year however it is on the second day after Diwali. On...Read More

Gandhinagar: It’s the biggest festival of Gujarati people during the year today. It’s a new year day as per Gujarati Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar. While Vikram Samvat calendar is also used by the people in several north Indian states and it is also the national calendar of neighboring country Nepal, the Gujarati Vikram Samvat calendar is different from others. The new year in Gujarati calendar is celebrated a day after Diwali. This year however it is on the second day after Diwali. On...Read More