Anjan Sambat: On Nepal Sambat New Year, learn about another old calendar system awaiting recognition

When everyone around greets Swastiratna Shakya with “Nhu Da:ya Bhintuna” (Happy New Year) on the first day of Nepa(l) Sambat every year, Shakya, apparently, reciprocates the wish with a smile. But, at the same time, he also tells them that the Newa(r) community in Kathmandu also used another calendar system named Anjan Sambat in the past, which according to him is much older than the popular Nepa(l) Sambat, even older than the Bikram Sambat.

Currently, the system is collecting dust and listing its existence altogether as Shakya says none but he is popularising it.