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. On occasion, one will be skipped, as the count is based on the zodiac position of Jupiter, whose period around the sun is slightly less than 12 years (the full cycle of 60 covers five Jovian years).

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:

1. Prabhava   2. Vibhava   3. Shukla   4. Pramodoota   5. Prajothpatti   6. Āngirasa   7. Shrīmukha   8. Bhāva   9. Yuva 10. Dhātri 11. Īshvara 12. Bahudhānya 13. Pramādhi 14. Vikrama 15. Vrusha 16. Chitrabhānu 17. Svabhānu 18. Tārana 19. Pārthiva 20. Vyaya (2006-2007 AD/CE)

21. Sarvajith (2007-2008 AD/CE) 22. Sarvadhāri 23. Virodhi 24. Vikrutha 25. Khara 26. Nandana 27. Vijaya 28. Jaya 29. Manmadha 30. Durmukha 31. Hevilambi 32. Vilambi 33. Vikāri 34. Shārvari 35. Plava 36. Shubhakrutha 37. Shobhakrutha 38. Krodhi 39. Vishvāvasu 40. Parābhava

41. Plavanga 42. Kīlaka 43. Saumya 44. Sādhārana 45. Virodhikrutha 46. Paridhāvi 47. Pramādeecha 48. Ānanda 49. Rākshasa 50. Anala 51. Pingala 52. Kālayukthi 53. Siddhārthi 54. Raudra 55. Durmathi 56. Dundubhi 57. Rudhirodgāri 58. Raktāksha 59. Krodhana 60. Akshaya