Saka calendar
E566683
The Saka calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar system used in parts of South and Southeast Asia, including Bali, for determining religious festivals and ceremonial dates.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balinese Saka calendar | 3 |
| Saka calendar canonical | 3 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1 |
| Hindu Saka calendar | 1 |
| Shaka Samvat | 1 |
| Shaka Samvat solar reckoning | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6082990 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saka calendar Context triple: [Balinese people, traditionalCalendar, Saka calendar]
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A.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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B.
Nanakshahi calendar
The Nanakshahi calendar is a solar calendar used in Sikhism to determine the dates of religious festivals and commemorate events in the lives of the Sikh Gurus.
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C.
Babylonian calendar
The Babylonian calendar was an ancient lunisolar timekeeping system used in Mesopotamia, structured around lunar months and intercalary months to align with the solar year and influential on later Near Eastern and Jewish calendars.
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D.
Odia calendar
The Odia calendar is a traditional regional timekeeping system used in the Indian state of Odisha that follows Hindu religious observances, festivals, and agricultural cycles.
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E.
Saka New Year
Saka New Year is the Balinese Hindu lunar new year, observed with a day of silence, fasting, and meditation known as Nyepi.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saka calendar Target entity description: The Saka calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar system used in parts of South and Southeast Asia, including Bali, for determining religious festivals and ceremonial dates.
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A.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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B.
Nanakshahi calendar
The Nanakshahi calendar is a solar calendar used in Sikhism to determine the dates of religious festivals and commemorate events in the lives of the Sikh Gurus.
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C.
Babylonian calendar
The Babylonian calendar was an ancient lunisolar timekeeping system used in Mesopotamia, structured around lunar months and intercalary months to align with the solar year and influential on later Near Eastern and Jewish calendars.
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D.
Odia calendar
The Odia calendar is a traditional regional timekeeping system used in the Indian state of Odisha that follows Hindu religious observances, festivals, and agricultural cycles.
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E.
Saka New Year
Saka New Year is the Balinese Hindu lunar new year, observed with a day of silence, fasting, and meditation known as Nyepi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
calendar system
ⓘ
lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Balinese culture
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Indian culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| basedOn |
lunar months
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solar year ⓘ |
| follows | lunisolar principles ⓘ |
| hasConcept | intercalation of months ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
months aligned with lunar phases
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years adjusted to solar cycle ⓘ |
| hasType | traditional calendar ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Indian astronomical traditions ⓘ |
| region |
Indian subcontinent
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linked to:
South Asia
Indonesia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Balinese saka calendar
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Indian national calendar ⓘ |
| timeReckoning |
ceremonial time
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religious time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hindu communities in Bali
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Hindu communities in parts of India ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Hindu religious observances
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determining ceremonial dates ⓘ determining religious festivals ⓘ festival date calculation ⓘ ritual scheduling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Bali
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South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saka calendar Description of subject: The Saka calendar is a traditional lunisolar calendar system used in parts of South and Southeast Asia, including Bali, for determining religious festivals and ceremonial dates.
Referenced by (10)
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