Gujarat and the Gujarati diaspora
Gujarati Samvat
Live — computedFollows the Vikram Samvat months but opens its year after Diwali rather than at Chaitra. The era year is computed today; a dedicated adhika-masa and regional month-name comparison corpus is still open (CALENDAR_MASTER_PLAN.md Phase 2C) before this is called a fully reviewed Gujarati date.
- Mechanism
- The same lunisolar grid as Vikram Samvat, with the year advancing at a different New Year anchor.
- New Year
- Kartik Shukla Pratipada (the day after Diwali, i.e. Govardhan Puja)
Sunrise-based values for Delhi.
Today in Delhi
15 Aug 2026
- Gujarati Samvat year
- 2082
- Month
- Bhadrapada
The Gujarati Samvat year number is returned alongside every day's Vikram and Saka year.