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  Chicago Bikram Yoga --> Info and Comparisons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Bikram's beginning yoga class is the name given by Bikram Choudhury to his series of 26 asanas and two breathing exercises, and the accompanying "dialogue." Bikram's beginning yoga class runs about 90 minutes, and is generally taught in a room heated to 95-105º F. The heat ostensibly loosens joints and helps prevent injury.
The Bikram Sambat calendar is a solar calendar, and is 56.7 years ahead of the solar Gregorian calendar currently in worldwide use.
Bikram Choudury (born 1946) is the founder of Bikram Yoga, a copyrighted series of 26 hatha yoga postures that are performed in a hot (105 degrees Fahrenheit or greater) environment.
www.crashdatabase.com /computers/20/chicago-bikram-yoga.html   (707 words)

  
 Nepal Sambat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nepal Sambat (Nepal Bhasa: नेपाल सम्बत) is a lunar calendar.
Nepal Sambat is the only calendar which is named after a country.
It was replaced by Bikram Sambat as the national calendar.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nepal_Sambat   (401 words)

  
 Counterpoint: Nepal Sambat and Nepali vs. Bikram Sambat and Hindi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The voteries of Nepal sambat has, for a long period, been arguing that this is the only indigenous calender of Nepal and must be used in place of one that is imported from India.
The argument goes on tracing the feudal root of currently used Bikram Sambat also as it was whimsically adopted by the Rana Prime-minister Chandra Samsher.
So, continuing with Bikram sambat means continuing with feudal mindset of Rana oligarchy which is against the spirit of now liberated citizens of Nepal.
sbshrestha.blogspot.com /2006/11/nepal-sambat-and-nepali-vs-bikram.html   (830 words)

  
 Bikram Sambat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Das Jahr hat 12 Monate, die sich von unseren Monaten unterscheiden.
Außerdem gibt es die Bikram Sambat Zeitrechnung, die Shakya Sambat Zeitrechnung, die Nepal Sambat Zeitrechnung/Newar Sambat Zeitrechnung und den tibetischen Kalender (Bot Gyalo).
Die Shakya Sambat Zeitrechnung ist unter Astrologen sehr bekannt, da diese ihn für ihre Berechnungen nutzen.
www.all2know.com /de/wikipedia/b/bi/bikram_sambat.html   (214 words)

  
 Paradesh.com -- The Online Literary Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Bikram’s poems are dense with this magic of originality.
Bikram subba is able to presents from personal happiness and love to nationalism and patriotism successfully.
Bikram Subba has always pleaded in his writing for a world with full of love and compassion.
www.paradesh.com /readArt.php?artId=668   (697 words)

  
 Nepal Calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Nepal Calendar Nepal uses 4 main calendars: the official solar Bikram Sambat, the lunar calendar,Newari calendar(Nepal sambat) and the Gregorian(western).
Bikram Sambat (abbreviated B.S.) is the official calendar...
Encyclopedia: Dipendra Of Nepal His Majesty King Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal (June 27, 1971 –: June 4, 2001) was the reigning yet comatose monarch of Nepal from June 1 to June 4, 2001.
www.travel-destination-picks.com /directory/nepal/nepal-calendar.html   (726 words)

  
 Bikram Sambat Beschreibung in Library - Definition und Buch-Tipp.
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Eine Übersicht der Artikel, die mit dem Thema Bikram Sambat verwandt sind finden Sie auf der Seite alle Artikel über Bikram Sambat.
Fragen zu dem Thema Bikram Sambat können in dem Diskussionsforum gestellt werden.
bikram_sambat.know-library.net   (691 words)

  
 SAJHA.COM - Bringing Together Nepali Communities
Bikram sambat by the name itself is established by King Bikramaditya of india.
As for Nepal Sambat, it is scientific to some extent, it is derived by the revolution of moon around the earth.
So I believe that Nepal Sambat is more scientific, atleast you dont have to check calendar for the last day of the month, its always 30, and just look up at the sky and you will know what day of month it is every full moon indicates a month start.
www.sajha.com /sajha/html/openThread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=37278   (1737 words)

  
 The Rising Nepal
DPM Oli stated that during Panchayat time, attempts had been made to overlook the contribution of the general people and the reinstatement of the democracy made it possible for Sakhwa to be declared as the national figure.
Manik Lal Shrestha underlined the need to free all the major political parties including the CPN (Maoists) from the misconception that Nepal Sambat belongs to Newar community only while shedding light on the historic fact that Nepal Sambat was recognised by India, China, Tibet and Korea in the past.
Chairperson of the Nepal Sambat 1127 Main Celebration Committee Prem Shanti Tuladhar also shed light on the significance of Nepal Sambat and contribution of Sankhadhar Sakhwa.
www.gorkhapatra.org.np /content.php?nid=5448   (493 words)

  
 eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal
He was tired of ruling as a puppet King, and on November 6, 1950, he managed to escape from the Royal Palace with most of his family, and sought political asylum in the Indian Embassy.
Bikram Sambat 2007, Kartik 30, day, 4th Subhani" (15th November, 1950).
Now, instead of these, the minting of coins in the name of King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram has to be restarted as per the order of brother Sri 3 Maharaj.
www.kantipuronline.com /kolnews.php?&nid=14141   (900 words)

  
 Nepalnet.Net - Bikram Sambat - Official Calendar of Nepal
Bikram Sambat (B.S.), the official calendar of Nepal, is based on ancient Hindu tradition.
Bikram Sambat has 56.7 years more than the A D year (ie.
The new year is celebrated in Nepal as any other new year in other part of the world marked by parties, family gathering and exchanging wishes.
www.nepalnet.net /article/1001_1020/article1002.htm   (106 words)

  
 Nepal Sambat - An overview
It is important to know that Nepal has registered Nepal Sambat introduced by Shankadhar Shakhwaa as Nepalese era, and Ranjana script as the Nepalese script in the United Nations when Nepal took the UN membership.
The famous historian Surya Bikram Gyawali also writes in his "Medieval History of Nepal Valley" that Shakhwaa started a new era called Nepal Era on 20th October 879 AD (1st of Kartik 936 BS).
It was used in the Thakuri period, the Malla period, the Shah period, and in the Rana period until the year 1903 AD Rana prime minister Chandra Shumsher dropped Nepal Sambat and adopted Bikram Sambat as official calendar.
www.newah.org /Nepal%20Sambat%20-%20An%20Overview.htm   (1021 words)

  
 NTU Info Centre: Bikram Sambat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
It is a lunar calendar based on ancient Hindu tradition.
Therefore, the year 2000 AD was equivalent to the years 2056-2057 B.S. The Bikram Sambat calendar starts with the first day of month of Baisakh (the Chaitra Purnima) which is in mid-April in the Gregorian calendar.
In addition to Nepal, elements of the Bikram Sambat calendar are also recognized in north India and Bengal state.
www.nowtryus.com /article:Bikram_Sambat   (152 words)

  
 Nepalnews.com Mercantile Connumications Pvt. Ltd.
We celebrate Bikram Sambat because it is an official calendar of Nepal.
Gregorian calendar are becoming more popular as they reflect modernization, globalization, simplicity and more importantly because the anniversary- dates do not change every year as in lunar or Bikram Sambat calendar which Nepalese customarily follow.
For example birthday of same person is celebrated twice, if not thrice; on lunar birthday, Bikram Sambat and Gregorian calendar day, only the lunar calendar day being the fixed one.
www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/2006/englishweekly/telegraph/apr/apr26/opinion.php   (1260 words)

  
 Nepali Time - Nepali Times
Here is a suggestion: Bikram Sambat’s first day, 1 Baisakh, can be moved each year by one day so that it ultimately catches up with 1 April in the Georgian calender in 14 years.
She also reports that the lunar calendar of the ‘Newari’ Nepal Sambat was specific to only one community.
As far as I know, the Nepal Sambat calendar is based on the same moon orbiting over our heads.
www.nepalitimes.com /issue/244/Letters/165   (245 words)

  
 Hindu Calendar : Hindunewyear.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Other hindus, especially those in Nepal follow the Bikram Sambat Calendar which marks the Gregorian year 2001, as B.S 2057.
Bikram Sambat has 57 years more than the A D year.
New Vikram Sambat starts from the Chaitra Purnima i.e the 13th of April in the Julien Calendar.
www.hindunewyear.com /hindu/hinducalendar/index.html   (164 words)

  
 "sambat"
Vikram Sambat) Nepals officielle kalender, i henhold til hvilken vi p.t.
af flere tidsregninger, herunder "Nepal Sambat" For yderligere at sprede forvirringen...
Sambat Zeitrechnung, die Shakya Sambat Zeitrechnung, die Nepal Sambat Zeitrechnung/Newar Sambat Zeitrechnung und den...
www.texball.com /baseball-links/sambat.html   (691 words)

  
 United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal - We Blog For Peace And Democracy In Nepal » Talking About Nepali New Year
As already stated, Bikram Sambat is the official calendar of Nepal.
Nepalis celebrate the new year days of the Bikram Sambat, the Gregorian Calendar, the Tola Lhosar of Tamu Sambat, the Sonam Lhosar of Tamang Era, the Gyalbo Lhosar of Sherpa or Tibetan Era, the Nhoo Daya of Nepal Sambat and Lawa Sal of Tharu era, among others.
Mandeva Sambat, the then official calendar, was replaced by Nepal Sambat after 304 years of its practice in 879 AD and later in 1903 AD, the Nepal Sambat was replaced with Bikram Sambat.
blog.com.np /united-we-blog/2006/04/14/talking-about-nepali-new-year   (2913 words)

  
 Nonviolent Uprising in Nepal Restores Democracy | Peacework Magazine
Bikram Sambat is traditionally a time for friendly gatherings, well-wishing, and preparing for the year ahead.
This year, Bikram Sambat fell on April 10, 2006.
Instead of celebration, a massive nonviolent political protest rocked the streets of Kathmandu, Chitwan, Pokhara, and hundreds of other cities and towns throughout Nepal.
www.peaceworkmagazine.org /node/94   (1935 words)

  
 NASeA Members   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
With the golden sand the merchant decided to help poor people and pay off all their debts throughout the country and declare the freedom from debt, and established a new era for the people.
Since then the era of Nepal Sambat appeared in the history of Nepal.
Computation: Nepal sambat+ 880 years equals Christian Era (AD); Nepal sambat+937 years equals Bikram Sambat (BS).
www.nepal-america.org /culture/tihar.htm   (1250 words)

  
 United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal - We Blog For Peace And Democracy In Nepal » 2006 » April » 14
I accompanied them for a while, not chanting slogans but trying to decipher who they could be in the darkness of engulfing night.
The 2063rd year of Bikram Sambat is approaching closer and we are going to welcome and celebrate its New Year day with certain activities.
Now, it is the New Year day of the Bikram Sambat we are going to celebrate.
www.blog.com.np /united-we-blog/2006/04/14   (616 words)

  
 Happy New Year again, Nepal
Over the last decade a popular movement to adopt the Nepal Sambat calendar as the standard for the country has grown, driven by both social activists and politicians.
If the proposal eventually succeeds, the NS calendar will replace the current government calendar, the Bikram Sambat, a North Indian calendar adopted in Nepal in the early 1900s.
By the Bikram Sambat calendar it is 2063; April 14th 2007 will mark the beginning of 2064.
newsblaze.com /story/20061023095647nnnn.nb/topstory.html   (469 words)

  
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Der Nepal Sambat-Kalender wurde in der Thakuri-Periode, der Malla-Periode, der Shah-Periode sowie in der Rana-Periode bis zum Jahr 1960 Bikram Sambat benutzt.
Bikram Sambat: Derzeitiger offizieller Kalender, wird hauptsächlich verwendet im Königshaus, in Zeitungen, und im öffentlichen Dienst, beginnt bei Bönig Bikramaditya von Indien in Ujjain.
Die Shakya Sambat-Zeitrechnung oder Shaka Sambat ist sehr bekannt bei Astrologen, die diesen für ihre Berechnungen nutzen.
www.bernhardpeter.de /Kalender/seite209.htm   (608 words)

  
 Sardar Rudra Raj Pande
6th Falgun 1957 Bikram Sambat (10 March, 1901 AD) saw the birth of one of the greatest sons of Nepal, Rudra Raj Pande.
Born in Pyukha Tole in Kathmandu, commonly remembered by most of the Nepalese as the First novelist in the Nepali language, the author of Roopmati, Rudra Raj Pande was a man of multiple virtues, a man of vision.
This website, launched on this day, tries to summarize the life of one of the greatest son of this soil, Sardar Rudra Raj Pande.
www.roopmati.com.np   (146 words)

  
 Asian Wisconzine-July 2006
The Chinese celebrated New Year in February, which was year 4703, Year of the Dog.
In Nepal, while a few New Years are celebrated, the Bikram Sambat is common for all Nepalese people.
Historians contradict each other about the origin of Bikram Sambat; it however, is certain that the King Prithibi Narayan Shah, the origin of the present dynasty and founder of united Nepal 238 years ago, endorsed Bikram Sambat to be followed all over the country.
www.asianwisconzine.com /July2006NepaliNY.html   (378 words)

  
 South Asian Media Net
A total of 4,146 municipal office-bearers, including 116 mayors and deputy mayors, 806 ward chairmen, 2,418 ward members and 806 women ward members will be elected that day, the Election Commission has stated.
Prior to this, the elections of the local bodies had been conducted across the country in the Bikram Years of 2049 and 2054.
Elections to local bodies, which were to be conducted in 2059 Bikram Sambat, could not be conducted because of a number of political and other reasons.
www.southasianmedia.net /index_story.cfm?id=247735&category=Frontend&Country=NEPAL   (224 words)

  
 Lexikonia.de - Informationen zu Bikram Sambat
Sie haben nach der Definition zum Begriff "Bikram Sambat" gesucht, wir haben für Sie eine passende Erklärung des Begriffes "Bikram Sambat" gefunden.
Die Nepal Sambat Zeitrechnung wurde von den Malla Königen eingeführt.
» Sambat - An Overview.htm NEPAL SAMBAT - An Overview
www.lexikonia.de /327264_bikram_sambat.htm   (237 words)

  
 AsianWeek.com: Bay and California News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Instead, members of the Bay Area Nepalese community were happy to welcome New Year Bikram Sambat 2059 by celebrating a family-style picnic luncheon at the San Leandro Marina Park last Saturday.
The Bikram Sambat calendar was started in 57 B.C. by King Bikramaditya in India.
The B.S. calendar is a solar calendar with 12 months in one year, New Year’s day usually falling around the second week of April.
www.asianweek.com /2002_04_19/section_bay.html   (240 words)

  
 SAJHA.COM - Bringing Together Nepali Communities
Could you please post an algorithm for conversion of Bikram Sambat to/from Iswi Sambat.
The Bikram Sambat is Based on Sideral Year which equals 365 days 6 hours 9 Minutes and 10 seconds.
The best way to convert Iswi Sambat to Bikram Sambat is to deduct AYANAMSA value for the particular Year.
www.sajha.com /sajha/html/OpenThread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=18635   (726 words)

  
 L'Informateur d'Eu: En 365 jours le Népal fête sept fois le Nouvel An   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Un des plus importants, avec le calendrier grégorien est le Nouvel An de Bikram Sambat qui fut célébré le 13 avril 2004.
“Mandeva Sambat sera remplacé après 304 ans de fonctionnement par Nepal Sambat pour être une nouvelle fois remplacé par Bikram Sambat.
Népal Sambat n’avait en effet que 354 jours dans l’année et tous les trois ans, l’année se décomposait en 13 mois.
www.linformateur.com /news/archivestory.php/aid/4294/En_365_jours_le_N%E9pal_f%EAte_sept_fois_le_Nouvel_An.html   (721 words)

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