Government of India — official civil calendar
Indian National Calendar (Saka)
Live — computedAdopted in 1957 alongside the Gregorian calendar for the Gazette of India, All India Radio and government communications. Unlike the lunisolar calendars on this page, it is a solar civil calendar with a fixed month length.
- Mechanism
- Solar, with Chaitra 1 fixed against the Gregorian calendar and a tested leap-year rule.
- New Year
- Chaitra 1 (21 March in a common year, 22 March in a leap year)
Sunrise-based values for Delhi.
Today in Delhi
15 Aug 2026
- Saka date
- 24 Sravana
- Saka year
- 1948
Full Saka year/month/day is computed and tested at the Chaitra/leap-year boundary — see the Calendar home.