Indian Years Names

60 calendar year names, called Samvatsaras, which started at the first year (at elapsed years zero) and runs continuously:

1. Prabhava

2. Vibhava

3. Shukla

4. Pramoda

5. Prajāpati

6. Āngirasa

7. Shrīmukha

8. Bhāva

9. Yuva

10. Dhātri

11. Īshvara

12. Bahudhānya

13. Pramādhi

14. Vikrama (2000-2001)

15. Vrisha (2001-02)

16. Chitrabhānu (2002-03)

17. Svabhānu (2003-04)

18. Tārana (2004-05)

19. Pārthiva (2005-06)

20. Vyaya (2006-2007)

21. Sarvajeeth (2007-08)

22. Sarvadhāri (2008-09)

23. Virodhi (2009-10)

24. Vikrita (2010-11)

25. Khara (2011-12)

26. Nandana (2012-13)

27. Vijaya (2013-14)

28. Jaya (2014-15)

29. Manmatha (2015-16)

30. Durmukhi

31. Hevilambi

32. Vilambi

33. Vikāri

34. Shārvari

35. Plava

36. Shubhakruti

37. Sobhakruthi

38. Krodhi

39. Vishvāvasu

40. Parābhava

41. Plavanga

42. Kīlaka

43. Saumya

44. Sādhārana

45. Virodhikruthi

46. Paridhāvi

47. Pramādicha

48. Ānanda

49. Rākshasa

50. Anala

51. Pingala

52. Kālayukthi

53. Siddhārthi

54. Raudra

55. Durmathi

56. Dundubhi

57. Rudhirodgāri

58. Raktākshi

59. Krodhana

60. Akshaya

This system contains the concept of leap year also.Every 4th year will have 366 days and the others only 365.The starting point is Meshadi or Mesha Sankranti, ( 1st of the month Meṣa or the Hindu solar new year).It is also calculated a day by day mode.beginning from 1 presently it runs 1864000+.... days.This means these much days have passed in the present Kaliyuga (1/10 of Catur-Yuga's total)

Month names

There are 12 months in Hindu lunar Calendar (Sanskrit: मासाः):

1. Chaitra
2. Vaiśākha
3. Jyeṣṭha
4. Āṣāḍha
5. Śrāvaṇa
6. Bhādrapada, Bhādra or Proṣṭhapada
7. Āśvina
8. Kārtika
9. Agrahāyaṇa, Mārgaśīrṣa
10. Pauṣa
11. Māgha
12. Phālguna

Determining, which name a lunar month takes is somewhat indirect. It is based on the rāshi (Zodiac sign) into which the sun transits within a lunar month, i.e. before the new moon ending the month.

There are 12 rāśi names, there are twelve lunar month names. When the sun transits into the Meṣa rāśi in a lunar month, then the name of the lunar month is Chaitra which has both Mīna rāśi and Meṣa rāśi . When the sun transits into Vṛṣabha rāśi, then the lunar month is Vaiśākha which has both Meṣa rāśi and Vṛṣabha rāśi. So on.