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Fasli Calendar


Fasli Calendar or Fasli era, Fasli (Urdu: فسلى‎, Arabic: فصلى‎‎) and (English: meaning Harvest) it is an Arabic word Imported to Urdu language.

Fasli year means period of 12 months from July to June. Adding 590 to Fasli year comes to Gregorian calendar, corresponding Gregorian year for Fasli year 1410 was from July 2000-June 2001.

The calendar formation year is considered as 963 Hijra Year, Islamic Calendar and from that year forward it has been followed as a solar year or Samavat Calendar. The name and number of the Days and the Months are same as Islamic calendar. The first day of the year is 7 or 8 June.

The Fasli calendar dated from Akbars accession year. Thus the beginning of Fasli era is equal to below calendars.

Fasli which means (harvest) is derived from the Arabic term for division, which in India was applied to the groupings of the seasons.Fasli Calendar is a chronological system introduced by the Mughal emperor Akbar basically for land revenue and records purposes in northern India, The differences in records dates due to the Muslim lunar calendar because of moon sighting have led him to introduce an alternate calendar which follows simultaneously with Islamic Lunar calendar and Hindu Samavat solar Calendar. Which can give the fix dating system.


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