Years are grouped in Váḥids of 19 years, and Kull-i-Shay's of 361 (19 × 19) years. In Thailand in 1888 King Chulalongkorn decreed a National Thai Era dating from the founding of Bangkok on April 6, 1782.
A notable example of a Hindu epoch is the Vikram Samvat (58 BC), also used in modern times as "national calendar" of Nepal and Bangladesh. Buddhist calendars tend to use the epoch of 544 BC (date of Buddha's parinirvana). === Modern eras === The Baha'i calendar is dated from the vernal equinox of the year the Báb proclaimed his religion (AD 1844).
Years are grouped in Váḥids of 19 years, and Kull-i-Shay's of 361 (19 × 19) years. In Thailand in 1888 King Chulalongkorn decreed a National Thai Era dating from the founding of Bangkok on April 6, 1782.
A similar system existed in China before 1912, being based on the accession year of the emperor (1911 was thus the third year of the Xuantong period).
With the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912, the republican era was introduced.
In 1912, New Year's Day was shifted to April 1.
In 1941, Prime Minister Phibunsongkhram decided to count the years since 543 BC.
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