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Hindu calendar is a collective term for the various lunisolar calendars traditionally used in Hinduism.

They adopt a similar underlying concept for timekeeping, but differ in their relative emphasis to moon cycle or the sun cycle, the names of months and when they consider the New Year to start.

Of the various regional calendars, the most studied and known Hindu calendars are the Vikrami calendar (Bikrami) found in northern, western and central regions of the Indian subcontinent, Tamil calendar found in the south, and the Bengali calendar found in the east – all of which emphasize the lunar cycle, their new year starts in spring, with their heritage dating back to 1st millennium BCE.

In contrast, in regions such as Kerala, the solar cycle is emphasized and this is called the Malayalam calendar, their new year starts in autumn, and these have origins in the second half of the 1st millennium CE.

A Hindu calendar is sometimes referred to as Panchanga (पञ्चाङ्ग).

Fasting is a willing abstinence or reduction from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time.

An absolute fast (dry fasting) is normally defined as abstinence from all food and liquid for a defined period, usually a period of 24 hours, or a number of days.

Water fasting allows drinking water but nothing else.

Other fasts may be partially restrictive, limiting only particular foods or substances.

A fast may also be intermittent in nature.

Fasting practices may preclude intercourse and other activities as well as food.

A panchānga is a Hindu calendar and almanac, which follows traditional units of Hindu timekeeping, and presents important dates and their calculations in a tabulated form.

It is sometimes spelled Pancanga, Panchanga, Panchaanga, or Panchānga, and is pronounced Panchānga.

Pachangas are used in Jyotisha.

A timer is a specialized type of clock for measuring time intervals.

By function timers can be categorized to two main types.