Monday, February 25, 2013

2070 Nepali Dates in Google Calendar

I have just added all the important dates in 2070 to Google calendar. It also includes all the tithis (तिथि) in 2070. Better yet, I've also added all dates in the Bikram Sambat from the year 1990 B.S.

The Google calendar is embedded below. Important dates in 2070 (including marriage dates) are in there. Let me know if you have any questions or comments.


Sunday, February 24, 2013

2070 Wedding Dates - Bibah Muhurta

I just posted the Calendar for 2070. When I posted the Bhitte Patro for 2069 last year, one of the things readers wanted me to post was wedding dates (बिबाह मुहुर्त) for the year 2070. So I did some research and here is the list. These are supposed to be auspicious marriage dates in 2070.

Wedding Dates in 2070 Nepali Calendar

बैशाख (Baishakh 2070 Marriage Dates)
  • २४ गते, त्रयोदशी  - Tue, May 7
  • २९ गते, द्वितिया - Sun, May 12
  • ३० गते, अक्षय तृतीया  - Mon, May 13
जेठ (Jestha 2070 Marriage Dates)
  • १० गते, चतुर्दशी  - Fri, May 24
  • ११ गते, बुद्ध जयन्ती  - Sat, May 25
  • १२ गते, प्रतिपदा - Sun, May 26
  • १३ गते, द्वितिया - Mon, May 27
  • १४ गते, चतुर्थी  - Tue, May 28
  • १५ गते, पंचमी  - Wed, May 29
  • १९ गते, नवमी  - Sun, Jun 2
  • २० गते, दशमी  - Mon, Jun 3
  • ४ गते, अष्टमी  - Sat, May 18
  • ६ गते, दशमी  - Mon, May 20
  • ७ गते, एकादशी  - Tue, May 21
  • ९ गते, त्रयोदशी  - Thu, May 23
असार (Ashadh 2070 Marriage Dates)
  • २७ गते, तृतीया  - Thu, Jul 11
  • २९ गते, पंचमी  - Sat, Jul 13
कार्तिक (Kartik 2070 Marriage Dates)
  • २७ गते, एकादशी  - Wed, Nov 13
  • २८ गते, द्वादशी  - Thu, Nov 14
मङ्सिर (Mangsir 2070 Marriage Dates)
  • १२ गते, नवमी  - Wed, Nov 27
  • १३ गते, दशमी  - Thu, Nov 28
  • १४ गते, एकादशी  - Fri, Nov 29
  • १५ गते, द्वादशी  - Sat, Nov 30
  • २० गते, तृतीया  - Thu, Dec 5
  • २५ गते, अष्टमी  - Tue, Dec 10
  • २६ गते, नवमी  - Wed, Dec 11
  • ३ गते, प्रतिपदा - Mon, Nov 18
  • ४ गते, द्वितिया - Tue, Nov 19
  • ५ गते, तृतीया  - Wed, Nov 20
माघ (Magh 2070 Marriage Dates)
  • १२ गते, दशमी  - Sun, Jan 26
  • १४ गते, द्वादशी  - Tue, Jan 28
  • २० गते, चतुर्थी  - Mon, Feb 3
  • २१ गते, बसन्त पंचमी  - Tue, Feb 4
  • ५ गते, तृतीया  - Sun, Jan 19
  • ६ गते, चतुर्थी  - Mon, Jan 20
  • ८ गते, षष्ठी  - Wed, Jan 22
फागुन (Falgun 2070 Marriage Dates)
  • ५ गते, द्वितिया - Mon, Feb 17
  • ८ गते, पंचमी  - Thu, Feb 20
  • ९ गते, षष्ठी  - Fri, Feb 21
A disclaimer though: due to the differences in astrological calculations, I take no responsibility for the full accuracy of these dates. These dates are correct as far as I know, but still may contain errors that are unbeknownst to me.

Nepali Calendar 2070 -- Important Dates

When I posted 2069 Bhitte Patro last year, I never expected the response to be so positive. Many of you have viewed and downloaded the Nepali calendar for 2069 and have asked that I post the calendar for 2070. I had to scramble to find the right dates and ensure that everything is correct. So here it is:

2070 Nepali Patro (Calendar) - Festivals, Celebrations and Holidays

Dates
मिति
पर्व
Festivals
Sun - Apr 14
Fri - Apr 19
Wed - Apr 24
Wed - May 1
Thu - May 9
Mon - May 13
Sat - May 25
Wed - May 29
Sat - Jun 8
Mon - Jul 22
Sun - Aug 11
Wed - Aug 21
Thu - Aug 22
Wed - Aug 28
Thu - Sep 5
Sun - Sep 8
Mon - Sep 9
Tue - Sep 10
Wed - Sep 18
Fri - Sep 27
Sat - Oct 5
Fri - Oct 11
Sat - Oct 12
Sun - Oct 13
Mon - Oct 14
Fri - Oct 18
Sun - Nov 3
Mon - Nov 4
Tue - Nov 5
Sat - Nov 9
Sun - Nov 17
Mon - Dec 2
Sat - Dec 7
Tue - Dec 17
Wed - Dec 25
Mon - Dec 30
Wed - Jan 1
Wed - Jan 15
Thu - Jan 16
Thu - Jan 30
Fri - Jan 31
Tue - Feb 4
Fri - Feb 7
Fri - Feb 14
Wed - Feb 19
Thu - Feb 27
Sun - Mar 2
Sat - Mar 8
Sun - Mar 16
Mon - Mar 17
Sun - Mar 30
Tue - Apr 8
बैशाख  १
बैशाख  ६
बैशाख  ११
बैशाख  १८
बैशाख  २६
बैशाख  ३०
जेठ  ११
जेठ  १५
जेठ  २५
साउन  ७
साउन  २७
भदौ  ५
भदौ  ६
भदौ  १२
भदौ  २०
भदौ २३
भदौ  २४
भदौ  २५
असोज  २
असोज  ११
असोज  १९
असोज  २५
असोज  २६
असोज  २७
असोज  २८
कार्तिक  १
कार्तिक  १७
कार्तिक  १८
कार्तिक  १९
कार्तिक  २३
मङ्सिर  २
मङ्सिर  १७
मङ्सिर  २२
पुष  २
पुष  १०
पुष  १५
पुष  १७
माघ  १
माघ  २
माघ  १६
माघ  १७
माघ  २१
माघ  २४
फागुन  २
फागुन  ७
फागुन  १५
फागुन  १८
फागुन  २४
चैत  २
चैत  ३
चैत  १६
चैत  २५
नव वर्ष
राम नवमी
लोकतन्त्र दिवस
मजदूर दिवस
आमाको मुख हेर्ने
अक्षय तृतीया
बुद्ध जयन्ती
गणतन्त्र दिवस
बटसावित्री ब्रत
गुरु पूर्णिमा
नाग पंचमी
जनै पूर्णिमा
गाईजात्रा
श्रीकृष्ण जन्माष्टमी
बाबुको मुख हेर्ने
हरितालिका (तीज )
गणेश चतुर्थी
ऋषि पंचमी
इन्द्रजात्रा
जितिया पर्व
घटस्थापना
फूलपाती
महाअष्टमी
महानवमी
बिजया दशमी
कोजाग्रत पूर्णिमा
लक्ष्मीपूजा
गोबर्धन पूजा / म्ह पूजा
भाईटीका
छठ पर्व
गुरु नानक जयन्ती
बाला चतुर्दशी
बिबाह पंचमी
उधौली पर्व / योमरी पुन्ही
क्रिसमस डे
तमुल्होसार
नयाँ  वर्ष
माघे सक्रान्ति / माघी
स्वस्थानी ब्रतारम्भ
शहिद दिवस
सोनमल्होसार
बसन्त पंचमी
भिस्माष्टमी
स्वस्थानी समाप्त
प्रजातन्त्र दिवस
महाशिवरात्रि
घ्याल्पोल्होसार
महिला दिवस
फागु पूर्णिमा
तराईमा होलि
घोडेजात्रा
राम नवमी 
New Years Day
Ram Nawami
Loktantra Day
Int'l Labor Day
Mother's Day
Akshaya Tritiya
Buddha Jayanti
Republic Day
Bat Sabitri Brata
Guru Purnima
Naag Panchami
Janai Purnima
Gaijatra
Sri Krishnaashtami
Father's Day
Haritalika (Teej)
Ganesh Chaturthi
Rishi Panchami
Indra Jatra
Jitiya Parwa
Ghatasthapana
Fulpati
Maha Ashtami
Maha Nawami
Bijaya Dashami
Kojagrat Purnima
Laxmi Puja
Gowardhan Puja
Bhai Tika
Chhath Parwa
Guru Nanak Day
Bala Chaturdashi
Bibah Panchami
Udhauli / Yomari
Christmas Day
Tamu Lhosar
New Years Day
Maghe Sakranti
Swasthani Purnima
Martyrs Day
Sonamlhosar
Basanta Panchami
Bhismashtami
Swasthani End
Democracy Day
Maha Shivaratri
Ghyalpo Lhosar
Int'l Women's Day
Fagu Purnima
Holi in Terai
Ghode Jatra
Ram Nawami

As you can see, new year day in the Nepali Year 2070 falls on a Sunday on April 14.

Similarly, Dasain in 2070 starts on Saturday October 5 (Asoj 19) and Bijaya Dashami is on Monday, October 14 (Ashoj 28).

Laxmi Puja in 2070 is on Sunday, November 3 (Kartik 17). For women who celebrate Teej (a national holiday), it's on Sunday, September 8 (Bhadra 23).

I have also gathered marriage dates in 2070 (bibah muhurta) and will share it in a separate post soon. In the meantime, I'm also working on a PDF version of the Nepali Patro for 2070 and will publish that soon as well.

Saturday, February 09, 2013

BRB, PKD, Nepal, Democracy and lol...

It's funny to note that the Nepali social media scene is abuzz with acronyms of political leaders' names.

"BRB thinks he can rule for 20-30 years... how could he?" a Facebook status asks.

"SK thinks BRB is more of a hardliner than PKD," proclaims another Facebook user.

"JNK and KPO say no to CJ as the next PM," a twitter post says.

"Makune is a rudderless weak bastard," a blog post says.

My response to all this? Well, LOL… or lol, depending on whether you prefer upper- or lower-case.

As I look at some of the posters of such statuses, one facinating pattern emerges. Many of them were the same fellows who were vehemently opposing GBBS in favor of GiKo and the gang who were trying to forge an alliance with CPN(M), with India's blessings of course.

Fast forward to today and these "civil society leaders" or "intellectuals" are acting as if they knew all along that BRB, PKD and the Maoists would be so rigid and hard-fisted rulers. Perhaps they did know, but they certainly didn't act like they did. For whatever reason, they insisted that any system would be better than GBBS' "autocratic" rule, even if it meant governance buy GiKo's alliance with the Maoists.

To understand how flawed this argument was, let's go back to GiKo – Girija Prasad Koirala – who I think was the worst political leader in Nepal's history. His alliance included JNK (Jhal Nath Khanal), KPO (KP Oli), Makune (Madhav Kumar Nepal) and the useless Congressis who had already proven how inept and corrupt they were. And this group was aliging with a murderous clan who had risen to prominence by slaughtering 13,000 Nepalis.

Let me be clear. I am not a Maoist supporter or even sympathiser. In fact I wrote a pretty pessimistic post about likely outcomes of Nepal's political changes back in 2007.

So this Nepali intelligentia was fawning over a return to Democray because GBBS (Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah) was declared this sinister dictator.

Let's see – deaths under the unholi GiKo alliance – over 15,000. Deaths under GBBS – less than 100. And yet the GiKo alliance was a deemed an absolute necessity at that time.

So when the same group of people now bash BRB (Baburam Bhattarai), PKD (Pushpa Kamal Dahal) and the Maoists, one has to wonder if they (the civil society "intellectuals") have any morality left in them. I also wonder if they are nudged by P to spill their venoms once again.

That's P for prabhu (God) – our friendly neighbor on the south. Like I said before… lol!