Samvatsara
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Samvatsara is a Sanskrit term for "year". In Hindu tradition, there are 60 Samvatsaras, each of which has a name. Once all 60 samvatsaras are over, the cycle starts over again.
The sixty Samvatsaras are divided into 3 groups of 20 Samvatsaras each. The first 20 from Prabhava to Vyaya are attributed to Brahma. The next 20 from Sarvajit to Parabhava to Vishnu & the last 20 to Shiva.
The 60 Samvatsaras are:
- Prabhava
- Vibhava
- Shukla
- Pramoda
- Prajāpati
- Āngirasa
- Shrīmukha
- Bhāva
- Yuvan
- Dhātri
- Īshvara
- Bahudhānya
- Pramāthin
- Vikrama
- Vrisha
- Chitrabhānu
- Svabhānu
- Tārana
- Pārthiva
- Vyaya
- Sarvajit
- Sarvadhārin
- Virodhin
- Vikrita
- Khara
- Nandana
- Vijaya
- Jaya
- Manmatha
- Durmukha
- Hemalambin
- Vilambin
- Vikārin
- Shārvari
- Plava
- Shubhakrit
- Shobhana
- Krodhin
- Vishvāvasu
- Parābhava
- Plavanga
- Kīlaka
- Saumya
- Sādhārana
- Virodhikrit
- Paritāpin
- Pramādin
- Ānanda
- Rākshasa
- Anala
- Pingala
- Kālayukti
- Siddhārthin
- Raudra
- Durmati
- Dundubhi
- Rudhirodgārin
- Raktāksha
- Krodhana
- Kshaya
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