Jharkhand Calendar

Offices run on the Gregorian calendar and Hindu festivals on the Purnimanta panchang, where a month ends on the full moon. Alongside these, Adivasi communities keep a festival cycle tied to the forest and fields — Sarhul when the sal blooms, Karma in the rains, Sohrai after the harvest. Many of these are fixed by the village or by community councils, not by a printed panchang, so the state gazette is the safest reference for holidays.

The Santali language has its own script, Ol Chiki, created by Pandit Raghunath Murmu, and Santali month names such as Magh, Phagun and Baisak are close to the Hindu ones.