Aurangzeb banned its celebration in 1659, calling it "festival of fireworshippers" and the celebration as a "stupid act". Today 2 Days 7 Days 10 Days 10 Days 11 Days 11 Days 12 Days 13 Days 13 Days date today as per hindu calendar Days 13 Days 13 Days 13 Days The drikPanchang. Also illustrates Kshaya Tithi Vaishaka-Krishna-Chaturdashi i. Most popular Hindu scriptures are the Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita and Ramayan. Early Buddhist communities of India adopted the ancient Indian calendar, later Vikrami calendar and then local. Unlike Gregorian calendar which adds additional days to lunar month to adjust for the mismatch between twelve lunar cycles 354 lunar days and nearly 365 solar days, the Hindu calendar maintains the integrity of the lunar month, but insert an extra full month by complex rules, every few years, to ensure that the festivals and crop-related rituals fall in the appropriate season. Rare corrections The Hindu calendar makes further rare adjustments, over a cycle of centur